Over-regulation of the Internet is as sure an eventuality in future times as over-regulation of the telcos or over- regulation of the railways in previous eras.
Any large body suffers this, until such time as the regulation constricts the ability of the body in question to function. Followed by a big reboot of the whole process or in the case of governments a revolution. I think RIPE is a fair way off this however. I think in all likelihood we'll be living with over regulation for some time to come. The information transmitted in and with this email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail may not represent those of the Company. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. Please also note, Vaioni filter incoming email for spam and inappropriate words. Unfortunately this does mean that sometimes genuine messages can be filtered out. Although we take measures to recover such messages, it must not be assumed that an email has been received by us and important communications should always be followed up by a phone call, fax or printed copy.