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Farber, Neumann, and Weinstein Call for End to ICANN

Posted by michael on from the new-hope dept.

lapse writes: "PFIR's latest policy statement calls for bringing an end to ICANN. Without assigning blame, it calls for immediate action, and suggests some possible paths forward. Let's hope that this clear statement from such a respected trio will lead to better times ahead for Internet policy management." Salon also has an interview with Karl Auerbach about his lawsuit against ICANN.

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  1. Funky Dory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... moves on to round 3.
    whoo.. hoo....

  2. Microsoft prohibits VNC too. by norculf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First I hope.

  3. Dell by LinuxGeek8 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did I just see a Dell article, and it is gone now?

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    1. Re:Dell by revbob · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Did I just see a Dell article,


      Nothing to see here, move along.

    2. Re:Dell by mnordstr · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Yes, there was a Dell article between Science: Optical Cryptography and Your Rights Online: Farber, Neumann, and Weinstein Call for End to ICANN. I don't know where it went, but here is the link:

      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/19/051624 3

    3. Re:Dell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yup, I saw it too--something about Dell dropping Linux due to pressure from MS.

      What gives with the yanking of articles?

    4. Re:Dell by Mike+Connell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes you did - about this article here
      The /. article covered this quote from reuters

      "Citing internal Microsoft memos, the nine states also said that in 2000 and 2001 Microsoft pressured Dell Computer Corp. DELL.O into dropping plans to offer the open-source Linux operating system on some machines it sells."

      0.02

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    5. Re:Dell by StarHeart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yeah, I saw that Dell article myself. Whats even odder is that it seems to have been removed from my cache/history mysteriously.

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  4. Fine time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fine time

  5. Re:WE LOVE ICANN!!! by andrewski · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, you're a fukcing troll and you know it. Go gnaw on old tom's shinbone, but don't stay up too late...

  6. Re:WE LOVE ICANN!!! by The+Evil+Beaver · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hrm, sorry about that post. I let my son onto the computer and didn't remember to get off Slashdot first. He's a very contrary child. I actually do not support ICANN.

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  7. Re:WE LOVE ICANN!!! by The+Evil+Beaver · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What I mean, is that I forgot to lock him off of Slashdot. Usually, I make sure that he can't get on with some editing to the hosts file, but I forgot this time. Obviously, he quickly got himself an account.

    I'll have to keep him off the computer for a week, that should be suitable punishment.

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  8. Your Rights Online? by Mr.+Neutron · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Why is it that EVERY ICANN story goes under the header "Your Rights Online?" Is ICANN censoring me? Are ICANN operatives busting down my door and confiscating my computer? Is ICANN preventing me from sharing files? If ICANN were dissolved tomorrow, would my life be affected in ANY WAY?

    Yeah, ICANN is important to the future of the net, but "your rights online?"

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