[IP] UN INTERNET POLICY OFF COURSE, PIONEER SAYS
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 21, 2004 9:30:51 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] UN INTERNET POLICY OFF COURSE, PIONEER SAYS
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UN INTERNET POLICY OFF COURSE, PIONEER SAYS
The United Nations is veering off-track in its discussions on whether
government officials should set Internet policy, says Vinton Cerf.
Instead,
governments should join together to fight electronic crime globally and
develop best practices to encourage the growth of Internet commerce. "We
need the U.N. to foster global standards, global frameworks," said Cerf,
who is chairman of ICANN, the U.S.-based body governing Internet domain
names. "We don't need redundant coordinating bodies, but what we do need
and don't have are parts of the U.N. to look at issues such as
electronic
commerce, the question of digital signatures, tax, fraud and
enforcement."
[SOURCE: Reuters]
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;
jsessionid=N5Y4PFFX0NNOACRBAEOCFEY?type=internetNews&storyID=5727969>
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