US Keeps Control of the Internet

Adam Schumacher writes "As a result of a a deal reached late Tuesday, the US and ICANN will maintain control over the Internet's core systems. A new body will be created to provide international oversight, which will, of course, have no binding authority."

Comments

"the thing"

[samjam]

Indeed. Was that "built the thing" as in "work for hire" or "we had the idea first"?

Both are irrelevant, it's always "who has IT now" that counts, and lets just look at how much control ICANN actually has.... hmmm It has absolutely no respect anywhere and slight residual power that is likely to evaporate as quickly as it is used for anything significant in opposition to the rest of the world.

When you say "United States Built the thing" do you mean the same way as in "United States killed Iraqi civilians using white phosphor" and "United States contracts out tortue of suspects to other countries" or in the same way as "United States gave lots of help to Tsunami victims"

Just for the record, much of the internet was built and is owned outside of the USA. Don't forget what "inter" means, it strongly implies co-operation. And thats not co-operation in the sense that "man is co-operating with the police but has not been charged".

Sam

If ICANN Were French

[bayers]

Nobody would say a thing if ICANN were French or Belgian. The fact that ICANN is based in the US is at the heart of this controversy. In many countries, not just South American countries, it's good politics to attack the US.