I find it amusing that DNS used to run on one server that lived under Jon Postel's desk. If the cleaners knocked out the plug, the entire internet lost its ability to find itself.
1. When it breaks who gets the bill for it being fixed? 2. It's not ownership that matters, it's control. Root servers and such. Grab them, do as you wish. 3. And America wants to - hardly a surprise there eh? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/30/icann-agreement-us Complete jerk wants to keep it http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/515zoozk.asp And for you lucky people in the USA - it could be Obama: http://motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet so 4: See who does what in a war. One of the first signs usually for middle east and asian countries is the net gets dropped.
