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<DIV>From: <B class=gmail_sendername>Shannon McElyea</B> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM<BR>Subject: Fwd: Google's Eric Schmidt Warns New UN
Treaty Will be a Disaster - Technorati Technology<BR>To: Dewayne Hendricks
<<A href="mailto:dewayne@warpspeed.com">dewayne@warpspeed.com</A>>, David
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><STRONG>Author: Craig
Blaha <BR>Published: March 01, 2012 at 7:02 pm <BR> <BR>The
United Nations is considering handing over control of regulation of the Internet
to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and ZDNET
reports that Eric Schmidt made it clear that this is a bad
idea:<BR><BR>"That would be a disaster... To some, the openness and
interoperability is one of the greatest achievements of mankind in our lifetime.
Do not give that up easily. You will regret it. You will hate it, because
all of a sudden all that freedom, all that flexibility, you'll find it
shipped away for one good reason after another," Schmidt said.<BR><BR>"I
cannot be more emphatic. Be very, very careful about moves which seem logical,
but have the effect of balkanising the internet," he added, urging everyone
to strongly resist the moves.<BR><BR>The ITU is part of the United Nations and
began discussing proposed changes that would take control from groups that were
there at the inception of the Internet, such as ICANN. The proposals are
rumored to be supported by China and Russia.<BR><BR>Eric Schmidt's comments came
from a question and answer period at the Mobile World Congress
2012 held in Barcelona, focusing on the future of mobile strategy and
technology.<BR><BR>Read more: </STRONG><A
href="http://technorati.com/technology/article/googles-eric-schmidt-warns-new-un/#ixzz1nygllKBH"
target=_blank><STRONG>http://technorati.com/technology/article/googles-eric-schmidt-warns-new-un/#ixzz1nygllKBH</STRONG></A></DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>
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