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nobbis writes:
"In an interview with the Guardian, Tim Berners-Lee proposes a bill of rights for the web. His plan is part of a wider initiative, The Web We Want, a campaign for a 'free open and truly global Internet.' Berners-Lee suggests that governments need an increased understanding of technology, and a revisiting of legal issues such as copyright law.
More controversially he proposes removal of US control of IANA claiming "The removal of the explicit link to the US department of commerce is long overdue. The US can't have a global place in the running of something which is so non-national". He sees the web at risk of fragmentation into "national silos" if people do not fight for the web.
There is potential overlap here with Article 19 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights , which states,'Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.' Would an internet bill of rights be successful in nations where the principles of the UDHR are ignored ?
Given the anarchic evolution of the internet, is it possible or desirable to attempt to control it in any way?"
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday March 12 2014, @12:57PM
By the very requirement of using IP addresses and DNS, internet is not anarchic and, unfortunately, bound/controllable. How says otherwise, hand over your geek card.
In my opinion, the correct question would be: "How we design a model that is still technically manageable but less prone to be subdued to political/economical interest". In other words: it technically works, but doesn't have the weakness of single-point-of-control.
IPv6 and a P2P DNS scheme may be a combination, but other may also exists
My point: fuck, it doesn't need to be a political problem if it can be reasonable solved on the technical level by alternative means
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Insightful) by rts008 on Wednesday March 12 2014, @08:13PM
A good/valid point IMO, but I wonder if it's too late.
I don't think that a new IP can be established without governments outlawing anything they can't control nowadays.
I feel it is technically possible, but due to many government's current mindset, I don't know if it even has a chance.
Look at all the recent gov't. attitudes towards Bitcoins(and similar) for an example.
I do hope this changes, and something practical can be done, but I am not exactly hopeful.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by morgauxo on Wednesday March 12 2014, @08:56PM
DNS doesn't really make the internet more controllable. If any of us ever want to do something which the DNS keepers disagree with we can always use ip addresses!
Ip addresses are a bit tougher of a problem though. To reliably route information through the network we will always need some sort of unique identifier. Without some sort of centralized control how do we guarantee that every device gets an identifier that is unique?