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Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty
Stoobalou writes "Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the Internet from the political interference which threatens to break it up. The draft international law has been compared to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which sought to prevent space exploration being pursued for anything less than the benefit of all human kind. The Internet Treaty would similarly seek to preserve the Internet as a global system of free communication that transcends national borders."
Until Cory Doctorow chimes in, I'm a blank slate on this issue. I'm sure he'll have a way to sort this out and make the world a free place for hugs and artists.
...of the Internet by having the politicians and governments agree to a treaty.
Lets think this through for a minute.
Dude - most of my countrymen have no idea what DIRECTION Europe is, let alone how many political bodies there might be there!
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You Obviously don't watch fox news :P
No kidding! Just the other day, I had some idiot telling me that if you traveled east, you would get to Europe, and then not 10 minutes later claimed that you could get their if you went west instead.
Maybe it was these guys?
The US built the current Internet in the same way that the guy who built the first road built all roads.
That guy must be quite tired, there are a lot of roads these days!