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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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.