Also of worry is the nexus created by the Regional Internet Registries (ARIN, etc.) which manage the address space and associated policy.
ARIN manages the IP address space for US, Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands and could easily be hobbled by over-reaching legislation from any of those national interests - with possibly a much deeper and broader impact than anything that could be inflicted by similar legislation affecting the domain name system.
Also of worry is the nexus created by the Regional Internet Registries (ARIN, etc.) which manage the address space and associated policy.
ARIN manages the IP address space for US, Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands and could easily be hobbled by over-reaching legislation from any of those national interests - with possibly a much deeper and broader impact than anything that could be inflicted by similar legislation affecting the domain name system.