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Who owns the internet, and more importantly, why should NRENs care? Most people would probably answer either no-one or everyone, but the true picture is a multifaceted and complex question that involves government influence, private sector dominance and overlapping contradictory legal and regulatory frameworks. Much of the internet operates on the understanding of shared principles such as net neutrality, and faith in not-for-profit organisations such as ICANN, ISOC and IETF to do the right thing – but is this enough? Highlighting some of the use cases that could fundamentally change the way we work online and challenging the audience to answer some legal conundrums, this talk will highlight some of the challenges of operating online in 2025, and some of the ways in which we need to be paying more attention to decisions being made about how the internet operates.