US retains hold of the internet - Democratic Underground

emad

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Wed Nov-16-05 10:19 AM
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US retains hold of the internet

The US has won its fight to stay in charge of the internet, despite opposition from many nations.

In an eleventh-hour agreement ahead of a UN internet summit in Tunis, Tunisia, negotiators agreed to leave the US in charge of the net's addressing system.

Instead an international forum will be set up to discuss net issues, although it will not have any binding authority.

The deal clears the way for the summit to focus on how poorer nations can benefit from the digital revolution.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441544.stm

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geek tragedy

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Wed Nov-16-05 10:48 AM
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1. The Internet doesn't need more regulation and more regulators.

On the other hand, helping poorer nations benefit from digital technology is a much more crucial and worthy topic of discussion.

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bemildred

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Wed Nov-16-05 05:42 PM
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2. The US does not "control" the internet, and this "agreement" does nothing.

It is a stupid argument in the first place, and the world has decided to pursue it's own interests while waiting for someone with an above room temperature IQ to be put in charge of the US government.

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Realityhack

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Wed Nov-16-05 06:17 PM
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3. well thats mostly correct

But I beleve they are talking about the master DNS servers. I supose the US could (if it chose in its infinate wisdom to do so) remove sites from the DNS for whatever reason they come up with.

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Massacure

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Wed Nov-16-05 06:20 PM
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4. But other countries could make a new master DNS server just as easily.

Edited on Wed Nov-16-05 06:20 PM by Massacure

It would be pointless and stupid to divide the net though.

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Codeine

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Wed Nov-16-05 06:30 PM
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5. It's the one thing we do well.

I really don't see the need to fix what's not even a lttle broken.

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