> 
> So, new law? I don't think its necessary.
> 
> YMMV,
> Eric


The problems are manifold.  First of all, a nation's laws only extend to the 
borders of that nation.  The UN is not a government, it is a diplomatic body so 
it really can't enact anything either.  The Internet community is global and if 
we agree to a certain standard of behavior and consequences for violating that 
standard, we can police it ourselves just fine.  The fundamental problem is 
there is no absolute "source of truth" in who is entitled to use which 
resource.  So there is little people can really do with any certainty until 
such a place exists.  What we need is a registry that we all agree is valid and 
agree to go by what it says and if you announce a route that belongs to someone 
else without their permission and you are made aware of that fact and continue 
to announce the route, you are subject to having your traffic shunned until you 
are in compliance.  That resource (the registry) should absolutely not be 
maintained by the UN or any government entity as that will make it unusable.  
It is something the community has the technology to do, it just requires the 
resources and the will to do it.


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