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An Argument For Leaving DNS Control In US Hands

Posted by timothy on from the no-let's-give-it-to-the-UN's-human-rights-council dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ariel Rabkin has a piece over at News Corp.'s Weekly Standard arguing that the US should maintain its control over the Internet. After reading his piece, I have a hard time arguing that it should be handed over to some international body."

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  1. Re:Seriously? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Look, nothing against Tim Berners-Lee, but I keep seeing this growing meme that he somehow fathered the entire blessed Internet.

    This bothers the heck out of me, too, and I wish people would wise up and finally accept that *I* took the initiative in creating the Internet.

    Al Gore

  2. Re:There have been complaints by Zerth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Every country should start up their own DNS, redirect all .com/.net/etc addresses to either their ccTLD equivalents, or start up a new round of "DNS goldrush" and make McDonalds et al rebuy their branding in every country they want to do business in.

  3. Re:Seriously? by kinshadow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ever hear of tim berners-lee?

    Ever heard of Al Gore?

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