<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Congratulations Professor Mueller!<br></div><div><br></div><div>The book "Declaring Independence in Cyberspace" is a timely and invaluable addition to the Internet governance communities.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div>Hakikur<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Hakikur Rahman<br></div><div>Professor<br></div><div>International Standard University<br></div><div>Bangladesh.<br></div><div>Email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:email@hakik.org">email@hakik.org</a><br></div><div>Phone: +880-1987417457 (WhatsApp)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ex-CEO, BDIX.NET<br></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Thu, 15 May 2025 20:18:39 +0600 <b>Mueller, Milton L <milton@GATECH.EDU></b> wrote ---<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px;" id="blockquote_zmail"><div class="zm_7853790759727638959_parse_8326965135299624931" dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof">Fellow Noncommercials:<br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof">I wanted to make you aware of my new book, which provides a historical account of ICANN's origin and development and the complete story of the transition, which finally ended U.S. government control of the DNS root and the IANA contract. If you want to understand
the broader policy and governance context in which you are operating, it would be useful.<br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof">I intended to come to the Prague meeting to distribute some free copies, but I am not able to attend due to other commitments. I will be at IGF in Oslo, however, so you can approach me about that there.<br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof"><a target="_blank" id="x_1197327263LPlnk507609" href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552585/declaring-independence-in-cyberspace/">https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552585/declaring-independence-in-cyberspace/</a><br></div><div class="x_1197327263_Entity x_1197327263_EType_OWALinkPreview x_1197327263_EId_OWALinkPreview x_1197327263_EReadonly_1" style="width: 100%; display: inline-block"><div style="width: 100%; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; position: relative; max-width: 800px; min-width: 424px" class="x_1197327263LPBorder730455" id="x_1197327263LPBorder_GTaHR0cHM6Ly9taXRwcmVzcy5taXQuZWR1Lzk3ODAyNjI1NTI1ODUvZGVjbGFyaW5nLWluZGVwZW5kZW5jZS1pbi1jeWJlcnNwYWNlLw.."><table style="padding: 12px 36px 12px 12px; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-radius: 2px" id="x_1197327263LPContainer730455"><tbody><tr style="border-spacing: 0px" valign="top"><td style="width: 100%"><div style="font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300; margin-right: 8px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px" id="x_1197327263LPTitle730455"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552585/declaring-independence-in-cyberspace/" id="x_1197327263LPUrlAnchor730455" target="_blank">Declaring Independence in Cyberspace - MIT Press</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; max-height: 100px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-right: 8px; overflow: hidden" id="x_1197327263LPDescription730455">In 1997 the United States decided that the Internet should be governed not by governments but by something called the “global Internet community.&rdquo...<br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(166, 166, 166); font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif" id="x_1197327263LPMetadata730455">mitpress.mit.edu<br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof">Best regards,<br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="x_1197327263elementToProof"><br></div><div class="x_1197327263elementToProof" id="x_1197327263Signature"><p>Dr. Milton L Mueller<br></p><p>Georgia Institute of Technology<br></p><p>School of Public Policy<br></p><p><img src="cid:a6ddbec3-db12-4f0c-87d8-859127036d49" height="79" width="320" style="width: 320px; height: 79px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px"><br></p><p> <br></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>