EU, UN to Wrestle Internet Control From US 1974
Anonymous Coward writes "The Guardian is reporting that the EU, obviously unimpressed with the US's refusal to relinguish control of the Internet, will be forming several comittees and forums with a mind to forcibly remove control of the Internet from the United States." From the article: "Old allies in world politics, representatives from the UK and US sat just feet away from each other, but all looked straight ahead as Hendon explained the EU had decided to end the US government's unilateral control of the internet and put in place a new body that would now run this revolutionary communications medium. The issue of who should control the net had proved an extremely divisive issue, and for 11 days the world's governments traded blows. For the vast majority of people who use the internet, the only real concern is getting on it. But with the internet now essential to countries' basic infrastructure - Brazil relies on it for 90% of its tax collection - the question of who has control has become critical."
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Screw You EU ... (Score:3, Funny)
And thus.. World War III was created. (Score:2, Funny)
EU. EU. You management style is PU (Score:4, Funny)
Hilarious! (Score:5, Funny)
The internet will never be the same again.
You've already lost the battle against melodrama.
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:3, Funny)
That was easy: Al Gore of course!
Re:Funding (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe you should just obliterate the rest of the world so that there will be no problem after that with any foreign entity. What do you think?
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:3, Funny)
I'll have you know that Albert Gore, Jr. most certainly is an American citizen.
Re:If the EU hasn't noticed (Score:2, Funny)
Bush? Is that you?
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:4, Funny)
Well fine. I'll go invent my own internet, with hookers! And blackjack!
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:1, Funny)
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:5, Funny)
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:5, Funny)
Oh dear me. What, if the EU decides to establish its own independent root servers, you're going to invade? Very funny.
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:3, Funny)
Apples and oranges (Score:3, Funny)
The British got to define the Prime Meridian based on their global empire. Subsequently this has defined GMT.
Yes, and all other nations shake in fear of the power that control of time itself grants the British Empire.
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:4, Funny)
I am assuming that the majority of Americans you know are not from internet message boards....
Internet Tax, Freedom of Speech (Score:2, Funny)
Say Hello to International Monitoring and Suppression (Chinese Model).
Say GoodBye to Slasdot.
Say Goodbye to Freedom of Expression.
I imagine the discussion went something like this:
Kofi: Now how do we blame this on W? Ayatolla got any Ideas?
Mugabe: We got the EU on board from pure nationalism, irrational fear and plain old hate for Americans. How can we expand on this to include national sovereignty?
Abbas: If we succeeed maybe next we'll be able to force territorial concessions. Isn't this Instant Messaging wonderful? My Al Qaeda brothers have been using for years to plot the wests destruction. Now that the invasion of Europe is well under way, taxing the Internet will make up for the loss of the Oil for Food business and allow us to begin new opportunities in South America. They hate Americans too.
Kofi: First thing on the agenda is to remove all references to "God"
Ayatolla: That doesn't include Allah does it?
Kofi: LOL! of course not!
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:2, Funny)
Re:i suggested this in the previous discussion (Score:3, Funny)
idiots. WWW - US (Score:2, Funny)
Re:i suggested this in the previous discussion (Score:3, Funny)
I thought that was what he meant by, "the only true political organization on this planet".
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think it was him, but somewhere in there I bet there was a fat guy with a long beard who dressed funny.
While we're reducing politics to taglines... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:2, Funny)
Well, it didn't worked this time, but hey, you can just keep trying!
There must be other oil-rich countries out there that are making WMDs!
Has Anybody Asked Al Gore His Opinion? (Score:2, Funny)
I mean, he invented the Internet.
Right?
I can imagine it went something like this: (Score:5, Funny)
In A.D. 2005, war was beginning.
BUSH : What happen ?
ICANN : Somebody set up us the root
AMBASSADOR : We get signal
BUSH : What !!
BUSH : Main screen turn on
BUSH : Its you !!
E.U. : How are you gentlemen !!
E.U. : All your domain are belong to us
E.U. : You are on the way to destruction
BUSH : What you say !!
E.U. : You have no chance to survive make your time
E.U. : Ha ha ha ha ....
AMBASSADOR : President !!
BUSH : Take off every 'Zig'
BUSH : You know what you doing
BUSH : Move 'Zig'
BUSH : For great justice
RUMSFELD : THEY'RE CALLED F-16'S, DUMBASS
Re:The UN has finally lost it (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe the Internet started as a vast secretive US government network... oh wait...
-eventhorizon