joe andress wrote:
> Here's how this is going to come down.  The countries that want
> the Internet managed by the UN are going to plead unfairness in
> the assignment of Internet names.  That will be the cover under
> which UN control is sought.  Once these national governments and
> the UN get their clutches on this wonderful information system can
> censorship be far behind?

I have not heard this and nothing showed up at Snopes.

However, the Internet isn't a "thing" or a "place".  It is a network of
networks.  It cannot be controlled per se.  Sure, one could control the
naming service for certain domains but if it became an issue, third party
name servers with new top level domains could spring up to avoid "control"
by any International body.  Could the international names (.au, .ca, .de,
.gt, .uk, .us etc.) be controlled (I think ICANN controls them today)

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *