EU wants shared control of the Internet

[confludemocrat]

The US and the EU are headed for a showdown over future control of the Internet, if recent statements at a UN meeting are any indication. Noting that "the Internet is a global resource," EU spokesman Martin Selmayr called for a new cooperation model, AP reported. "The EU … is very firm on this position," he said.
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Meanwhile, a senior U.S. official reiterated Thursday that the country wants to remain the Internet’s ultimate authority.The proposal calls for a new forum to address policy issues at a global level but not to perform oversight tasks, and also for a new cooperation model to manage global allocation of IP number blocks, procedures for changing the root file system and rules for the DNS (domain name system), among other things.
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The US ambassador to the meeting, David Gross, said: ""We will not agree to the UN taking over the management of the Internet. Some countries want that. We think that’s unacceptable."

more:
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=1808

And why not? With the insanity going on in our gvt, aren't they right to want to distance themselves from US hegemony in this vital area?

[marmar]

1. BushCo is clearly terrified...

by the prospect of united EU - which would collectively be bigger and richer than this country. It's kind of hard to hold back the EU, China and India at the same time.

[rinsd]

2. "the prospect of united EU" is a fantasy....

...China is far more a potential competitor in the future.

[Qibing Zero]

3. The internet is a global resource. Period.

No one country should be in control over it. The US is so afraid of the UN it's almost funny.

[mainegreen]

4. Honestly, whats to stop them?

I can see it now, an internationally incompatible internet, with lots of conflicting root servers. Won't that be grand?

:silly:

[confludemocrat]

5. nothing can stop them, as a post in the comment thread in linked art. says

quite well. It would be a piece of cake, create confusion for awhile but wouild be worth it to them.