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ICANN vs. ccTLDs in Geneva

Posted by michael on from the wardrums dept.

Gallowglass writes "The Register is reporting on an interesting meeting in Geneva. To quote from the article, 'Why the huge fuss? Because the meeting threatened to turn into a caucus where rising resentment against ICANN and its attempt to stamp ultimate authority over the Internet could have escalated into international agreement and action.' Didn't quite, but the natives are restless. The article has links to all presentations given at the two day meeting, and also an audio of the event at the bottom of the article. It's also a good summary of the controversy and of its history."

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  1. A delicate little flower, my delicate little ass. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    "The Internet is a very special flower in the garden of the world's communities. One that needs continuous and careful watering."

    Bwahaa. The Internet is like Kudzu, overrunning and strangling all the other networks in the garden, and grafting into them and transforming them, borg-like, into more kudzu.

    ICANN should stick to its technical mission -- keeping track of the names and numbers.

  2. Re:ITU -- Pay for standards by gorilla · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unfortunatly, ITU's only income is through the sale of the standards & papers. That worked well when it was primarily telco's interested in the standards, but doesn't neccessarily work well in an internet model.

  3. Re:The UN is ineffective by gorilla · · Score: 2, Informative

    Only the permanent members of the security council have vetos. The other members can only vote against a proposal.