Re: [ga] U.S. tells nations hands off Internet

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, here we are again.

 "We want to make sure the private sector leads and the Internet continues
to be a reservoir of great innovation, and that governments continue to
focus on enabling the growth of the Internet, and not of controlling its
use," Ambassador David A. Gross told The Washington Times in an interview."

Private sector =  Corporations
Internet continues to be a reservoir of great innovation = as long as the
corporations are able to control how and when the innovation happens.
governments continue to focus on enabling the growth of the Internet, and
not of controlling its use = allowing the corporations to control it
instead.

Funny how they don't realize it's individuals who innovate and corporate
entities who stifle innovation. If the Ambassador's statement was a true
reflection of what our government and the corporations who run it thought,
it would be good, but as it is they don't want any innovation to occur that
they cannot control.

Chris McElroy
http://www.kidsearchnetwork.org
http://thingsthatjustpissmeoff.blogspot.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: [ga] U.S. tells nations hands off Internet


> Well, it's pretty much a done deal, ICANN will remain the only game in
> town for the foreseeable future:
>
> "GENEVA -- The United States said at the outset of global talks on
> information technology yesterday that it will fight attempts to put the
> United Nations or any international group in charge of the Internet.
>     "We want to make sure the private sector leads and the Internet
> continues to be a reservoir of great innovation, and that governments
> continue to focus on enabling the growth of the Internet, and not of
> controlling its use," Ambassador David A. Gross told The Washington
> Times in an interview. "
>
> The entire article can be read at:
>
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050926-094916-3102r
>
> Frankly, I can't say I am disappointed by this announcement; not in the
> least.
>
> Amiably,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
>