Suwerenne, wielostronne, czy międzyrządowe zarządzanie internetem jako globalnym dobrem wspólnym
Sovereign, multi stakeholder or multilateral governance of Internet as a global public good

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present contemporary dilemmas in the management of the Internet as a new common good of mankind and an example of so called „new commons”. In the wake of the Lawrence Lessig’s writings discussed are the three layers of the Internet: physical, logical and content. In this context, presented are the achievements of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) initiated by the UN Secretary General and the role of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Presented are divergent preferences of states in choosing a sovereign, multi-stakeholder or multilateral model of Internet governance. In particular, the article demonstrates conflicting actions of the US, European Union and China, Russia and issues of cyber security and cyber sovereignty highlighted by the layer two countries, which lead to restrictions on freedom of speech in the Internet and fragmentation of the network in its content layer. The author proposes to separate issues for feasible regulation by multilateral agreements. At the same time he concludes that the mechanisms of multilateral network management can gain legitimacy if they are more reliable and representative than the intergovernmental system.

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