| Ok, you notice that it's about putting numbers and names at the UN, not the EU, right? Also: > In other words the power to force anyone off the internet Yes, they want to take that power away from the US government, and give it to a UN forum. Don't pretend that power does not exist today, or that it isn't used. > I read this as that they are aware that ICANN and IANA have no real power. I read this as a bunch of gliberish that politicians use to make their documents look good. But if it is related to peering agreements, like you said, yep, there is a history of trying to break the current peering agreement, and break the current US monopoly on tier 1 ISPs. > Now this one is REALLY important. I read this to mean they want to know how they can impose European law globally through technical means. I read this to mean they want to make an agreement on a minimum of things that must be allowed on every country, like the one on aviation. Currently there are countries where you don't even need to go there to be sentenced to jail, for example. And there is a huge number of issues with taxation. |