EU Demanding Control Of Internet

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:46 am

Fark 'em:

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/s ... 67,00.html

I like my internet the way it is. Between these guys and the UN demanding rules for the 'net, they can all kiss my hairy @$$.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:11 pm

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8147

A followup. He presents some good reasons as to why we should rest control away from ICANN. However, nobody seems to be offering an alternative that I like.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:36 pm

A good summary of the situation:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB ... ?mod=blogs

This pretty much sums it up:

Europe and American have a fundamentally differing philosophies on global governance. Europeans tend to value process more, while Americans prefer results. The EU itself was born out of a process whose aim was to prevent new war in Europe and, thus, the EU is valued for its own sake irrespective of its inefficiencies. Americans find it difficult to love multilateral bodies that don't produce results -- or might endanger achievement.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:23 pm

Internet stays in US control, but forum available to voice concerns:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/1 ... index.html

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:49 pm

So now they can b!tch and moan officially, eh?

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:24 am

It's what Europeans do best.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:38 am

The letter than kept the U.S. in control:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/02/rice_eu_letter/

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:25 am

Maybe the Europeans had a point?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29 ... _internet/