Posted on 11/15/2005 2:40:48 PM PST by Venator
The BBC fawns over a looterfest in Tunisia, to which 15,000 delegates, and more than 50 heads of state, are gleefully converging (likes ants to a picnic) to pan-handle their way into control of at least a slice of the worlds most important information technology delivery system. It isnt fair, you see, that te nets infrastructure has been managed in an informal way through collaboration with businesses, civil society, academic and technical communities. Many developing countries have felt left out of this process.
(Excerpt) Read more at neveryetmelted.com ...
[T]he Internet was created by Americans, it shares our values of openness, freedom and capitalism. Imagine if some world group got control and decided what could and could not be allowed on the Internet and who would be allowed access. Perhaps it would decide that some products, or ideas, were not permissible, as is the case with state-run television in some societies.
How exciting. Can't wait to see the creative ways 12 year olds will find to go around the internet police.
FWIW, all day on World Service they've been airing the views of those who support the present arrangement.
Seriously!
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