Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Oct 2005 11:36 UTC
A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort to exert more influence over the Internet. At the heart of this international political spat is the unique influence that the US federal government enjoys over Internet addresses and the master database of top-level domain names - a legacy of the Internet's origins years ago. The Bush administration recently raised objections to the proposed addition of .xxx as a red-light district for pornographers, for instance, a veto power that no other government is able to wield.
Thread beginning with comment 47713
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:
No. US tax payers footed the bill for some of the research / US based infrastructure at best. The rest of the world payed for and maintains their own infrastructure. By connecting US networks to other networks around the world doesn't / didn't cause US tax payer money to be spent.
Then bare in mind that what 99% of the world see as the internet, the www, was created in switzerland/france at cern. Last time I checked the US wasn't in europe so didn't contribute towards this.