U.S. Internet Control Annoys Nations

The Tampa Tribune ^ | 11/11/05 | MATT MOORE

[mark502inf]

"many of the countries most eager to impose international control also have bad records on free speech issues, political prisoners."

Exactly. We are doing this right and the UN or some international commission cannot be relied upon.

[theFIRMbss]

>U.S. Internet Control Annoys Nations

[goodnesswins]

"The reasons for resentment of U.S. control are numerous, beginning with objections to U.S. foreign policy."

AND, THAT'S the VERY reason we SHOULD MAINTAIN CONTROL!!!

[GSWarrior]

Are there a lot of computer users in the Third World?

[jackson29]

bang on

assholes

who developed it?
whats the meaning of intellectual property?
rentals, leases and taxes

[AntiGuv]

Remind me again why we let them use our internet?

[rlmorel]

Ya beat me to it. If the Dems are sad, I am happy. If the thugs at the UN are sad, I am happy. If the Euroweenies and their buddies are sad, I am happy.

Gosh. Life should be so easy.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What critics seek varies and remains in many cases vague.

Socialists like vague regulations. I don't.

[muir_redwoods]

Shut them down for awhile. See how appreciative they are to get it back. Problem solved, customer happy.

Next!

[Paul_Denton]

U.S. Internet Control Annoys Nations

[Porterville]

Why don't they just make their own Internet? This one is ours. I have no problem with the EU forming their own.

[polymuser]

Remind me again why we let them use our internet?

And, what are we charging them?

[Bob from De]

"Unilateral control by the U.S. government would be very sad," EU spokesman Martin Selmayr said. "They just have to give up their unilateral control and everything will be fine."

What the hell does this clown mean by WOULD BE?

What IS....IS.

If Bubba taught us anyting, its what is...is.

[RightWhale]

Does the US Gummint control the Internet or even domain name extensions? That's the problem with these third-world democracies: they see either their neighborhood mafioso or Gummint. They have no idea how capitalism works.

[Old Seadog]

We would be fools to lose control of the internet. That is why the left will probably demand that we do.

[theFIRMbss]

>who developed it? whats the meaning of intellectual property? rentals, leases and taxes

Who DEVELOPED and
BUILT the oil fields that OPEC
became OPEC with?

[socialismisinsidious]

yeah and I say that we send them Al Gore to help!

[MamaTexan]

The worldwide network was born on U.S. shores, but that matters little to the growing number of nations now demanding shared control.

Our oil supply is on other shores.... I demand shared control!!!

(crickets)

:)

[Chode]

by all means, feel free to design and build something better any time you wish... you useless eaters you!!!

[Tanniker Smith]

The way I see it, the next Democrat president (and, sadly, there will eventually come a day) will give the Internet to the world and it was be ruined beyond recognition.

However, realizing how bad it has become, a group of entrepeneurs will create the next paradigm, a new "internet", and the U.S. will migrate to that, leaving that old crappy internet to the rest of the world, who will soon be complaining for a Piece of the Action.

TS