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- From: Susan Bellah <bellahs1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150 <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:58:21 -0700 (PDT)
I read some interesting articles on ownership of the
Internet. There are governments that are petitioning
the UN to take over ownership of the Internet and the
EU is also interested in taking over. The response
from the American Government is that ?America created
the internet and does not want to give up ownership.?
A UN World Summit on the Information Society will be
held in November in Tunisia. There will be much
discussion regarding who should serve as overseer of
the internet. Some countries are worried that as they
rely on the Internet more for governmental and other
services and they want to be sure their plans won?t
get derailed by some future change in policy.
Companies, institutions, and individuals use the same
sets of Internet standards and guidelines because
doing so enables their data to go where they want it
to go, and ensures that it will get there looking the
same way it did when it left.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) manages the internet?s domain-name
system of addresses, such as .com. This system is
critical to the smooth operation of the network. The
issue is who would have ultimate authority over the
Internet's master directories, which tell Web browsers
and e-mail programs how to direct traffic. One
alternative would be to create a new naming system
that could run alongside ICANN-sanctioned domains.
For more information on internet ownership follow the
links below:
http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=2656
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=1&u=/ap/20050930/ap_on_hi_te/internet_control_11
http://websearch.about.com/od/whatistheinternet/a/internetrules.htm?terms=societal+issues
Susan Bellah
bellahs1@xxxxxxxxx
517-294-7812
517-483-1532
You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
Yiddish proverb
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