Comments on: US to give up control of the Internet http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:32:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: UNEASYsilence » Looks like the US still wants to control ICANN http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/comment-page-1/#comment-231881 UNEASYsilence » Looks like the US still wants to control ICANN Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/#comment-231881 [...] The speculation two weeks ago about ICANN being released from US control apparently was wrong. ICANN’s contract with the US Commerce department has been renewed for the next five years. Well technically, the agreement lasts for one year, and the government has the option of renewing it each year for up to four additional years. [...] [...] The speculation two weeks ago about ICANN being released from US control apparently was wrong. ICANN’s contract with the US Commerce department has been renewed for the next five years. Well technically, the agreement lasts for one year, and the government has the option of renewing it each year for up to four additional years. [...]

]]> By: Roy http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/comment-page-1/#comment-224537 Roy Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:14:13 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/#comment-224537 Well the internet IS a series of tubes... Well the internet IS a series of tubes…

]]> By: Erik http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/comment-page-1/#comment-224416 Erik Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:04:59 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/#comment-224416 The only thing that worries me about this move is that currently the web is like the wild west and anyone can have a presence. Anyone who wants to Blog or put out information can do it. If its controlled by governments maybe they will have decision power on who gets a website. If they declare your website having terrorist ties because you speak out this move is scary... I see the web as the last place for real news out there. If they take this away we are screwed. You can't trust CCN, FOX or any media provider to tell you about what’s going on. Britney Spears is more important than world events to them. They also hate this form of “new mediaâ€Â? because it has put such a dent into their market. These media giants hopefully will not have influence on our government… The only thing that worries me about this move is that currently the web is like the wild west and anyone can have a presence. Anyone who wants to Blog or put out information can do it. If its controlled by governments maybe they will have decision power on who gets a website. If they declare your website having terrorist ties because you speak out this move is scary…

I see the web as the last place for real news out there. If they take this away we are screwed. You can’t trust CCN, FOX or any media provider to tell you about what’s going on. Britney Spears is more important than world events to them. They also hate this form of “new mediaâ€Â? because it has put such a dent into their market. These media giants hopefully will not have influence on our government…

]]> By: Tom Shakely http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/comment-page-1/#comment-224346 Tom Shakely Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:21:05 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/#comment-224346 The US "stranglehold"? How will releasing control of the internet to a body of international bearuacrats "help foster the growth of the internet in a healthy manner"? The American government invented the internet in the mid-twentieth century. We had a "stranglehold" over it because we created it and pushed it along to what it's become. With everything the internet has done for the world and the global economy, you think we've not fostered its growth in a healthy manner? Why? Merely because we preferred NOT establishing a portion of the internet as a legitimate sector for pornography? Please. The US “stranglehold”?

How will releasing control of the internet to a body of international bearuacrats “help foster the growth of the internet in a healthy manner”?

The American government invented the internet in the mid-twentieth century. We had a “stranglehold” over it because we created it and pushed it along to what it’s become. With everything the internet has done for the world and the global economy, you think we’ve not fostered its growth in a healthy manner? Why? Merely because we preferred NOT establishing a portion of the internet as a legitimate sector for pornography? Please.

]]> By: Bryan Chaikin http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/comment-page-1/#comment-224298 Bryan Chaikin Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:57:47 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/7133/#comment-224298 Or maybe not? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060727-7366.html Or maybe not? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060727-7366.html

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