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Not at all. The context I'm using is similar to that of bootstrapping node. How does your computer become an internet node from the ground up? To oversimplify, you can frame the question in this context: if someone wants to have control (not merely contractual use of, but principle control) of a particular range of IP addresses, how does that person actually go about obtaining that control from ICANN and the powers that be? Within reason, this actually isn't possible. You would have to have the resources of a large corporation or government agency to accomplish such a goal. It is these large bodies that own the networks which interconnect with each other; everyone else is just renting access to one of these networks. The average user has no other means by which to connect to the internet. Thus I think the notion that ""nobody owns the internet"" is a falsehood, and the myth is common enough to warrant a discussion in the article. 71.95.231.67  "