[db-wg] NWI-13 Geofeed Legal Analysis
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Massimo Candela
massimo at ntt.net
Fri Jul 29 16:04:50 CEST 2022
I'm not against making the purpose of the database more explicit towards geolocation data. I was just commenting that I don't see why the current generic purposes are not good enough (especially since we have a bunch of other attributes, including "geoloc"). On 29/07/2022 11:22, denis walker wrote: >> >> Geofeed wants to correct geolocation problems. The geofeed attribute is >> exactly a way to "coordinate between network operators" (with, or >> without, the intermediation of geolocation providers). Geolocation >> problems impact the availability/performance of content/services. The >> medium is the network. Geolocation problems are network problems. > > No, "geofeed:" is not covered by this purpose. It may be provided by > network operators but it is not 'used' by them. And by who is used? > It has nothing to do > with 'network problem resolution This is a weird statement. The network has a physical/geographical component, is not just topology and protocols. We have CDNs doing great moneys by offering solutions to this problem. > It is, as > I suggested, data that is used by external services. The data is not -used- by external services! There are external services, like geolocation providers, aggregating it, but the data is -used- by other network operators on the other side. Even more, some operators started collecting geofeed data directly, without the intermediation of geolocation providers. A great example of it is Google. The producer and the final user is always a network operator. ISP -> content content -> CDN content -> transit ISP -> geoloc provider -> content etc. Ciao, Massimo
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