Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Sep 2009 18:03 UTC
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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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.