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

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, Gene. Enlighten me.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Marsh" <marshm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'kidsearch'" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:39 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] U.S. tells nations hands off Internet


> Wow, are you WAY off.
>
> Gene...
>
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> kidsearch
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:49 PM
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>
> 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
> >
> >
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