I think ICANN

Friday September 30, 2005 - 10:35AM EDT

SO I read this brief article on some disagreement on whether the US should retain control of the internet. Obviously the US doesn't want to relinquish control and other contries want a piece of the pie. Frankly this should be a non-issue. Mainly because of a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" attitude. This is one of the few things you could really apply that to without getting into too much trouble. The Internet has grown immensely under US management and there is no slowing it down. The reason people give for sharing control with the UN is that the US could radically shift policy and take control or block certain portion of the net. There are many reasons why the US should maintain control at this time. The question is in my mind is, with the growth and success of the Internet and the fact that the US has never done anything or shown any desire to suddenly change things why the desire by the UN and other countries to suddenly wrest control of it from the US. Maybe it has something to do with other things US does. But still it just seems a little weird. Besides, the way the Internet is constructed could one country really control it. Besides the governing bodies have an international makeup although they are in the US. It just seems like that this is the last thing they should be fighting over right now. In fact the only other country I'd think could share responsibility for "running the Internet" would be Japan.