On 10/10/05, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/7/05, dandantheitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If it were up to me I would hand it over to the Electronic Frontier > > Foundation (www.eff.org) > > That's an interesting idea. But, why not just make it a completely > private company? It's a company now, but with the government watching > it. Why not just let ICANN do as they always have, but take away the > government puppetmaster? That's what I'd do. > > -todd A private company might still bow to political pressure. However I have heard John Barlow, speak about the internet, and political freedom. I don't think the ex song writer for the gratefull dead is going to bow to any government. His speeches are pretty empowering, and aggressive. Hence the reason why I would hand it over to eff.
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