Related post: http://www.politechbot.com/2005/10/03/us-unilateral-control/ --- http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5886556.html Power grab could split the Net By Declan McCullagh October 3, 2005, 4:00 AM PDT For the first time in its history, the Internet is running a real risk of fracturing into multiple and perhaps even incompatible networks. At a meeting in Geneva last week, the Bush administration objected to the idea of the United Nations running the top-level servers that direct traffic to the master databases of all domain names. That's not new, of course--the administration has been humming this tune since June. What's changed in the last few months is the response from the rest of the world. Instead of acquiescing to the Bush administration's position, the European Union cried foul last week and embraced greater U.N. control. A spokesman said that the EU is "very firm on this position." [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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