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GOVERNMENTS CAN'T HANDLE INTERNET, SAYS MAGAZINER
September 11, 1998 Web posted at 1:20 PM EDT
by Jana Sanchez-Klein
LONDON (IDG) -- European countries should cooperate with the U.S. to create an Internet that is regulated by the industry rather than by governments, said Ira Magaziner, senior adviser to U.S. President Bill Clinton for Internet policy development, at The Wall Street Journal Europe's Fifth Annual CEO Summit on Converging Technologies.
"We are trying to come to an agreement with the European Union where they recognize our approach," said Magaziner, a speaker at the conference here today.
He outlined the importance of the Internet to the U.S. and world economies and said that it was not up to governments to attempt to control Internet use and commerce. Magaziner attributed one-third of all economic growth in the U.S. to the building of the Internet. But, he warned, "if goods are overtaxed or overregulated, it's hard to do business. The private sector should lead."
Governments are ill-equipped to handle the Internet, because it changes too rapidly, it's too decentralized and too international, suggested Magaziner.
"The digital age moves too quickly for government action," he said.
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