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U.S. Insists On Keeping Control Of Internet
veggie boy writes "A U.S. official strongly objected to any notion of a U.N. body taking control of the domain servers that direct traffic on the Internet." From the article: "'We will not agree to the U.N. taking over the management of the Internet,' said Ambassador David Gross, the U.S. coordinator for international communications and information policy at the State Department. 'Some countries want that. We think that's unacceptable.' Many countries, particularly developing ones, have become increasingly concerned about the U.S. control, which stems from the country's role in creating the Internet as a Pentagon project and funding much of its early development."
I say let the UN have it. It is the Internet after all, to be handled internationally. The US can keep AOL in exchange...
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Never give Congress any suggestions with the words "actively intervene" and "screw it up" in the same sentence - they'll likely take you up on it.
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What does the creator of the internet have to say about this...
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[disclaimer: This is a joke, I am a democrate, I can make fun of my own, and G.W.B because... well because thats easy]
But the only reason the Internet is free is because the companies controlling its infrastructure are not only in a free country, but in the only country founded on individual rights.
ICANN is Canadian?
The ______ Agenda
Fine. We'll build our own internet. With blackjack, and hookers! It'll . . . . . .
It'll be just like the old one!
They are a developing country all right.....developing all that outsourced software...
Sorry, couldn't resist
I got nothin'
Really? What has the US done to hinder your online experience as a non-citizen?
Banned me from bidding on items in the "Adults Only" section of Ebay on the grounds of my Nationality. If I was a citizen of the US I would be able to bid, but according to Ebay, because different countries have different ages of consent, I'm not eligible. I'm damn near 30.
Now admittedly, I don't think that our representitives in Europe are lobbying for the ability of people like me to purchase artwork of the female members of the X-Men engaging in a lesbian dildofest. But I do consider myself hindered!
I think this US control of the Internet is what's been holding it back. Maybe with international bureaucracy and UN regulation, this "Internet" thing will finally take off...
In fact it would have better been described as "protecting the f-22 budget" rather than getting our ass kicked.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
Its not about being broken, its about trust. Do none of you remember back in 95 what happened to NeverNeverLand.
.nn websites, so nobody knew what was happening, and you couldn't email .nn anymore. It was like NeverNeverLand just dissappeared off the map, and soon people forgot it was there, forgot it ever existed.
.nn off of the root servers.
The US wanted to invade to close all of the Pirate Training Camps, but the NeverNeverLand government was vocal across the internet in claiming there were no training camps, just theme parks. So what happened, the US kicked NeverNeverLands domain (.nn) out of the root servers. Suddenly no one in NeverNeverLand could email one another, the government collapsed and the country went into chaos.
But worse, nobody could access any
Now it's just an legend, like atlantis, and all because the US kicked
Remember it's happened once, it can happed again.