[governance] U.N. takeover of the Internet must be stopped, U.S. warns

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 4:25 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

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> U.N. takeover of the Internet must be stopped, U.S. warns
>
> A U.N. summit later this year in Dubai could lead to a new international
> regime of censorship, taxes, and surveillance, warn Democrats,
> Republicans, the Internet Society, and father of the Internet Vint Cerf.
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57444629-83/u.n-takeover-of-the-internet-mu
> st-be-stopped-u.s-warns/?tag=nl.e703<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57444629-83/u.n-takeover-of-the-internet-mu%0Ast-be-stopped-u.s-warns/?tag=nl.e703>
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Robert_M._McDowell seems to speak more as a Republican than an FCC
Commissioner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._McDowell

«Robert M. McDowell was first appointed to a seat on the Federal
Communications Commission by U.S. President George W. Bush and unanimously
confirmed by the Senate in 2006. When he was reappointed to the Commission
on June 2, 2009, Commissioner McDowell became the first Republican to be
appointed to an independent agency by President Barack Obama. The U.S.
Senate confirmed him unanimously on June 25, 2009.[6] Commissioner
McDowell's second term ends June 2014.»

Internet takeover by UN or ITU is a were-wolf number recurring about once a
year in US politics since 2003. There are more serious issues though. As
long as unbridled US monopolies take the lion's share of internet profits,
the prospect of taxing them abroad shall acquire more thrust. No wonder
that the respected Google evangelist did jump on the bandwagon. Perhaps
some haggling should start within WTO.

Cheers
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