European Union Wants a Cut of the Internet

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 13, 2009 3:58 AM EDT
Linux Journal; By Justin Ryan
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Nobody really controls the Internet — untold numbers of servers located in hundreds of jurisdictions simply can't be policed by any one individual, organization, or government. What is controlled, however, is the assignment of IP addresses and domain names — a function that is carried out by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. That control is set to expire later this year, and ideas on who should take it from there are already beginning to circulate.

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