ICANN on the Chopping Block
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on July 3, 2006 at 1:18:19 PM
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is up for contract renewal. The US Government is asking for comments on what should be done to the ruling body of the domain name system. I got one, strip all TLD and just give us names!
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It is the first time that the public has been able to directly contribute to the debate surrounding governance of the internet, and it has already seen dozens of people email their ideas and views. The question of how the internet should be run has recently gained wide international interest following public arguments over the US government's current position as overall authority. The subject is also likely to become all the more important in the next few years as the internet expands to incorporate different languages and different countries more fully.