Who owns the internet? Who invented it?
Channel: internet-class
Date: 2016-08-29

Who owns the internet? Who invented it?
So who invented the internet? Was it really Al Gore? And who owns or controls it? As it turns out, the answer is complicated. The internet emerged as a result of many different technologies and is administered in a largely-distributed manner. As they say, success has many mothers, and the internet is certainly a success.

Credits: Talking: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Featuring: Jessica Seabury (Senior Administrative Director, Honors College, University at Buffalo), Tim Matthews (Assistant Director, Honors College, University at Buffalo), (Poster of) Al Gore (Former Vice President, the United States of America), Jennifer Wojcik (Business Manager, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo), Diane VanNatter (Secretary to the Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo), and Carl Nuessle (Graduate Student, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).

Part of the https://www.internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.