Who owns the Internet, USENET, Web, etc.?

Who owns the Internet, USENET, Web, etc.?

I do, among others.

Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

 

The U.S. government will probably GIVE it to
companies the way they gave the airwaves to
broadcasters.
-Rich

 

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I don't mind sharing it with others.

Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

 

What airwaves have been 'given' to broadcasters?

 

I don't know, but why not trying broadcasting on CBS's
frequency and see what happens?
http://www.anotherperspective.org/advoc108.html
-Rich

 

The Internet is not 'owned' by anyone, individual or government. Do a goggle
'origins of the internet' for the full story. You will be surprised.

 

Most sovereign states are presumed to 'own' the airwaves as part of the
commonwealth of that nation. Generally a particular spectrum or frequency is
auctioned on certain conditions and the proceeds go into consolidated
revenue along with all the other tax receipts collected in the country
concerned to use to run government social services etc...
beware of politicians who say "they stand for small government" - government
is the biggest business in any country and is necessarily large and complex
to run effectively just like IBM or Microsoft. Small government means giving
away functions to big business, not good for democracy since running a
business is based on shareholding and hence not democratic.

 

I have been online a lot longer than Google, Yahoo, etc.
have been in existence -- they ought to ask me.

Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

 

RichA, says...

Radio and TV stations pay license fees for the use of the spectrum.

 

NO ownershi was never with US government, It is a distributed system
so nobody owns it and t the same time everybody who uses / contributes
owns USenet/WWW
etc. get more info at http://www.w3.org/Consortium/
Usually IETF RFCs are used by W3C to evolve the standards .
http://www.ietf.org

Bandwidth ( not airwaves ) is a national resource so auctioned to
various
operators by various governments in different countries

 

Do having 'n' number of email accounts, domain names, sites and posting
to NG's give me some ownership to the internet as well ?

 

Bah! Jay's not even in possession of his own senses. All he owns are
an inflated ego, an inflatable woman, and a Cat Stevens album.

 

an inflatable woman, and a Cat Stevens album.

How do u know ? Did u supply these to him ?

 

So you're saying Dr Jai Maharaj is mentally defective and should be
committed to an asylum for a minimum of 25 years?

Your intention was to make a derogatory comment about me but instead
you insult the person you started off by defending.

You really are too stupid for words.

 

It can. Make me an offer.

Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

 

They did that in 1995. I guess you weren't watching

Bill

 

Now they have auctions for RF spectrum. In the past it was awarded
free to those who could serve the public best.

 

I see that reading comprehension is not one of your strong
points.Possibly your extended vacation in the mental asylum did not
help with it either.

I might be stupid , maybe even 'too stupid for words' but u r no
Einstien either u monkey with a keyboard.

 

It can. Make me an offer.
Jai Maharaj

Rupees,dollars,euro or real estate in New Delhi ?

 

In Internet Rupees.

Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti