Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty

[Antithesis]

Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty

"Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the Internet from the political interference which threatens to break it up. The draft international law has been compared to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which sought to prevent space exploration being pursued for anything less than the benefit of all human kind. The Internet Treaty would similarly seek to preserve the Internet as a global system of free communication that transcends national borders."

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09...reaty?from=rss

[Kaisha]

Good luck getting China to sign that.

[Gentaro]

Good luck getting China to sign that.

That was my first thought as well lol

[kuronosan]

Good luck getting Anti-Socialist America to sign that.

FTFY

[Yabby]

Chain wouldn't sign that for shit..... and I don't see america doing it anytime soon ether.

Edit: But good for them for trying, brings a smile to my face.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

FTFY

I almost did just about that same fix. At least good luck getting the US to adhere to it after they do sign it.

[Khalil]

We're so fucked if we can't even agree about this.

[notorious bum]

A simple argument could be used to exempt countries from signing just by using "war on terror" rhetoric. With dumb shit like the Patriot act still in effect, it would be meaningless anyways if the U.S. decided to sign it.

[Tymon]

China wouldn't sign it, USA wouldn't sign it, most of the major Middle Eastern powers wouldn't, either.

Iran, no
Saudi Arabia, no
Pakistan, no
North Korea, no
Vietnam, no

[Hyan]

Oh well, at least we tried.

[Salodin]

Failing before it even got off the ground isn't trying =(

[Cantih]

I'm not particularly worried of political influence of the internet. (Doesn't mean I want it, I'm just not scared of it)

If need were great enough, I'm pretty sure people could set up local wi-fi networks to replace most hardlines. Gets even better if the populace decides to "appropriate" additional wavelength from legislated restrictions. Though for that to work, you'd need a lot of people to start doing it at once. That just leaves government to either pick people off one by one, or commence mass jamming. And I've always been curious if you could set up a point to point wireless connection with something like a satellite dish, but with mirrors and lasers.

That only leaves the international problem, which is what the whole thing is about. I'm pretty sure you could maintain a free network across ground borders, it's water I don't know about. But here's the funny thing. If you look at the dymaxion map projection, you can see that if you focus on making sure you can keep connections up through the central american isthmus, the Bering straight, and southeast asia, you can keep a global network up.

Of course, this assumes the population of one nation wants anything to do with the people of another nation. I like to keep up with friends across the pond, and consume content and weirdness from Japan. But as has been established, I'm pretty damn abnormal for an american.

[Karbuncle]

I'm usually blissfully ignorant of how horrible our world is.

But its these things that really make me hate humanity sometimes.

[Zilong]

Wait, north korea has enough computer to matter?

[Cantih]

^

http://blogan.net/blog/wp-content/2006/10/korea2.jpg

[Psion]

AFK, dying of laughter.

I think our marine life has more computers than NK. <_<;

[Antithesis]

Not really an update but I didn't see the point of making a new thread when this topic is similar more or less:

European Commission lays out new broadband plan, reserves spectrum for mobile broadband
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....09-22-2010.jpg

It's not quite the law of the land just yet, but the European Commission has just laid out some far-reaching new broadband rules that, if implemented, could have some wide ranging implications. Some of the basic rules were first announced earlier this year in the so-called Digital Agenda, including a mandate for basic broadband access across the EU by 2013, and a 30Mbps minimum by 2020. Perhaps most notably, however, is that the Commission has recommended that spectrum in the 800MHz band between 790-862MHz (being vacated as TV broadcasters make the switch to digital) be set aside for mobile broadband use by 2013. Just how much will it cost to implement the recommendations? Between 180 and 270 billion euros, or between 240 and 360 billion US dollars. That's obviously not going to come easily, but the Commision apparently thinks its doable, and notes that a number of measures have already been put in place to increase funding

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/23/e...serves-spectr/