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On 24/10/11 17:05, Ian Peter wrote:
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<title>Re: [governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive
bidding on November 4</title>
<font face="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size:11pt">Hi Ronald,<br>
<br>
>†he US didn't arrogate such a right to itself. It invented
the Internet and gave it to the international > community.
<br>
<br>
Well hardly, although I realise many people believe this to be
true.</span></font><br>
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<font face="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><br>
Moreover, its invention cannot be separated from its availability
to the international community. If it could have been withheld
from the international community, it wouldn't have been the
Internet, it would have been AOL.<br>
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