US Cedes Control ICANN, Internet
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Sep 2009 18:03 UTC
Internet & Networking Since the early days of the internet, it has fallen under control of ICANN, which in turn was bound by an agreement with the US Department of Commerce. As the internet grew bigger and more pervasive, intentional calls for severing the ties between ICANN and the US government grew stronger. Today, the US has ceded control over ICANN.
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nice day
by JrezIN on Wed 30th Sep 2009 18:42 UTC
JrezIN
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2005-06-29

About time to the control be handed over to ICANN.
...and it couldn't be in a better day, Blasphemy Day.
...today is all about freedom!

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Don't be too sure.
by bolomkxxviii on Wed 30th Sep 2009 19:21 UTC
bolomkxxviii
Member since:
2006-05-19

At least there was only one entity making decisions. Now everything will be done (or not done) by committee. It could become a big mess as politics become more important than technology.

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RE: Don't be too sure.
by ferrels on Wed 30th Sep 2009 20:22 UTC in reply to "Don't be too sure."
ferrels Member since:
2006-08-15

I'm with you on this one brother. Now it'll be a mess as every country out there tries to exert their influence. I wonder what will happen if China gets a part to play in all of this? At best, censorship and site filtering. Not to mention the squabbling and deadlock that will occur with several other nations now involved.

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RE: Don't be too sure.
by Moulinneuf on Wed 30th Sep 2009 20:45 UTC in reply to "Don't be too sure."
Moulinneuf Member since:
2005-07-06

"At least there was only one entity making decisions."


US congress is more then one entity ...

" It could become a big mess as politics become more important than technology."


You did not read the article or know ICANN history it seem.

ICANN is stil in charge of implementation, it's like GM passing from shareholder to the government, the people making the cars are still the same, they just answer questions by a different group, they usually did what they wanted, regardless of US wants ( .XXX domain as example ) ...

Edited 2009-09-30 20:46 UTC

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RE[2]: Don't be too sure.
by apoclypse on Wed 30th Sep 2009 22:58 UTC in reply to "RE: Don't be too sure."
apoclypse Member since:
2007-02-17

Yeah, but that may not have that same freedom in the future especially if political pressure start to rear it head in the process and the organization turns into a political turf war where each nation (especially the EU, China, and the US) decide to use it to show who has the biggest piece. Its happened before.

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Uh oh....
by kurgan2001 on Wed 30th Sep 2009 20:20 UTC
kurgan2001
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2008-12-31

what's that song by R.E.M.

oh yeah ...

(singing) it's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (singing)

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by license_2_blather on Wed 30th Sep 2009 21:19 UTC
license_2_blather
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2006-02-05

"While I always found it morally rather odd that the US government had so much influence over the internet,..."

Morally odd, maybe, but since ARPA in the US begat the Internet, it has some logic.

"...the fact of the matter is that the US and ICANN have done quite a fine job of keeping the internet running and maintaining its openness. Making changes like this, while morally okay, might be practically a little less okay."

I agree. I hope the "world oversight committee" (or whatever it will be called) mostly stays out of the way and lets ICANN do its job. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the objective comments.

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