Ed Moyle Quotes on Business & Commerce (3 Quotes)

Those that favor the preservation of the current model fear that ceding oversight to the U.N. would result in a less 'laissez-faire' environment -- that it would open the door to tighter control and thereby engender all the trappings of control potential taxation, inefficiency, or restriction on free speech.

As a technologist, I'm not convinced that the U.N. is necessarily better equipped to deal with these issues than any number of other possible oversight bodies, including the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Some nations remain wary of the U. S. calling the shots. In August, for example, the Bush administration objected to creation of an . xxx domain for adult-content Web sites. Since all ICANN decisions are subject to approval by the U. S. Department of Commerce, President Bush can ultimately decide whether or not to allow that change to proceed, ... No other country has that level of voice in the process.