I'll come out from lurking for this one.

It is ours. We did invent it. If you don't like the way it is administered, then you can form your own seperate internet. Then link your internet to our internet if you want to view our content. It is an intellectual-technical entity devised in the U.S., grown in the U.S., and made successful first in the U.S.

Nuff said. I'll go back to my ban now.
Its all a European ego trip anyway.

The only reason this issue has gotten any attention is because the Europeans joined forces - yet again - with the totalitarian nations, who have always called for this type of thing.