After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish
control of the internet to a coalition of governments
Kieren McCarthy
Thursday October 6, 2005
The Guardian
You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the
internet to be a grand affair - a big stage, spotlights, media scrums and a
charismatic frontman working the crowd.
But unless you knew where he was sitting, all you got was David Hendon's
slightly apprehensive voice through a beige plastic earbox. The words were
calm, measured and unexciting, but their implications will be felt for
generations to come.
Hendon is the Department for Trade and Industry's director of business
relations and was in Geneva representing the UK government and European
Union at the third and final preparatory meeting for next month's World
Summit on the Information Society. He had just announced a political coup
over the running of the internet.
[There's a lot more.]
[Homestead] Running the Internet,
Gene GeRue, 10/07/2005