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VeriSign and Other Registry Giants Blast ICANN

Posted by timothy on from the struggle-in-the-primordial-soup dept.

rhwalker22 writes: "VeriSign, ENIC, and Nominet UK today released a letter to the U.S. Commerce Dept. urging Uncle Sam to 'scale back the powers of the body that manages the Internet's global addressing system,' according to this report on washingtonpost.com. ICANN, of course, has its own take on the Registries' letter..."

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  1. Re:ICANN'T by charon_on_acheron · · Score: 0, Troll

    First, why would a Swedish porn producer be in Saudi Arabia?

    Second, the US does own the Internet. The US government invented the Internet. Most of the Internet hardware, software, and protocols were developed in the US, by US corporations, universities, and the military.

    If you want to go invent your own Internet, and put your own transmission network in place, and get people to sign up for it, go ahead. No one is stopping you. But be warned, others have tried it, and it didn't work.