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ICANN and Centr argue over domain tax

Posted by michael on from the domain-games dept.

bigfluffybunny writes "The BBC are running a story here about how the European Domain Registrars refuse to pay a tax to ICANN claiming that an American organisation has no right to tax a European one. The interesting part of the article for me was that Centr are raising questions about the reliability of the webs root name servers." We've already run one article about this, but this makes a nice counterpoint from the other side of the pond...

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  1. Re:do we need ICANN? by RGRistroph · · Score: 2

    Ways of doing this have been discussed in slashdot threads on similar stories, some of which I posted to. For example:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/06/26/123 5233&cid=40

    Also look for other posts and threads in that story. Some people posted links to companies that were actually doing it, resolving alternative TLDs or planning to.

    I think it is largely a matter of the big guys like ICANN and NetworkSolutions just haven't screwed up badly enough to drive us to it.

    I think that the project should be started anyway, though; those of us who are hardcore freedom lovers in the Stallmanesque style can use it, and it's existence would hopefully moderate the actions of ICANN and its ilk.