Posted on 12/04/2005 10:36:56 AM PST by HangnJudge
...The Internet will reach its full potential as a medium and facilitator for global economic expansion and development in an environment free from burdensome intergovernmental oversight and control. The success of the Internet lies in its inherently decentralized nature, with the most significant growth taking place at the outer edges of the network through innovative new applications and services. Burdensome, bureaucratic oversight is out of place in an Internet structure that has worked so well for many around the globe. We regret the recent positions on Internet governance(i.e., the “new cooperation model”) offered by the European Union, the Presidency of which is currently held by the United Kingdom, seems to propose just that - a new structure of intergovernmental control over the Internet. The four principles the United States issues on June 30, 2005, reinforce the continuing U.S. commitment to the Internet’s security and stability, including through the historical U.S. role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file. At that time, we also expressed our support for ICANN as the appropriate private sector technical coordinator of the Internet’s domain name and addressing system. We believe that ICANN is dedicated to achieving broad representation of global Internet communities and to developing policy through consensus-based processes. We have also expressed our interest in working with the international community to address legitimate public policy and sovereignty concerns with respect to country code top-level domains (ccTLD). We wish to underscore that, in our statement of June 30, we supported ongoing dialogue on issues related to Internet governance across international forums.
...We firmly believe that the existing Internet system balances the stability and security we need with the innovation and dynamism that private sector leadership provides.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
Yes, a good strong statement. The internet was invented by the U.S., and 90% of it remains within the U.S. Other countries are welcome to connect into it, or if they prefer, to disconnect. But they should keep their bloody socialist paws off of it.
One point the article misrepresents. There are two signers of this letter, as it should be:
"Sincerely,
"Carlos M. Guiterrez Secretary of Commerce
"Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State"
Rice has the responsibility of dealing with other countries; Guiterrez has the responsibility of speaking on behalf of American commerce, which includes such privately controlled entities as the internet.
You must read this this letter from Condi to Jack Straw.
That would make sense. And his signature comes first, for what that's worth.
interesting
Way to go Condi!!! Telling those EU freeloaders where to get off
what a tard.
hope he'll be singing the same bitter whinge come "five years down the line"
Oh, I did. Condi was in top form.
No giving up the Internet to the dominion of the Brusselstrash for our girl!
Who, btw, looked rather lovely last evening at a dinner at the State Department for the Kennedy Center honorees.
Can you tell she's still pumping iron?
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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