WTF is wrong with the US? Are they totally trying to dismantle everything that makes the internet work and able to provide the open and innovative environment of the last decade?
Why doesn't the country simply create a United States Net..call it the USNet and have all these ridiculous rules such as SOPA, PIPA and Internet IDs. See how long that lasts. There were movements to remove ICANN's powers and put that authority under an independent technocratic body. That seems to be the direction we now must go, having the US in control via Corporate governance or outright "ownership" of DNS is a threat to the world's use of the Internet. At least China keeps it's own ridiculous restrictions to itself and within its borders. The US has a tendency to Export all it's idiotic copyright laws to all its trading partners through treaty and bill addendums (aka bullying). smh. On 12 January 2012 12:10, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From CNET: ( http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20027800-281.html ) > > President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority > over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for > Americans, a White House official said here today. > It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize > efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White > House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said. > That news, first reported by CNET, effectively pushes the department to the > forefront of the issue, beating out other potential candidates, including > the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. *The > move also is likely to please privacy and civil-liberties groups that have > raised concerns in the past over the dual roles of police and intelligence > agencies.* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
