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EU Domain Registries & ICANN

Posted by Hemos on from the fight-the-man dept.

rob_levine writes "Following on from the announcement a few weeks ago that the U.S. Department Of Commerce intends to retain control of the Internet's root domain servers (originally to be relinquished in 2006), several EU domain registries are preparing to build, test and install a system to prevent U.S. government meddling, according to this article in The Register. Could this be the beginning of the end of the centralised autocracy that is ICANN?"

6 of 302 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Decentralization... by TheViffer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ha .. ya right. The EU making a decision on the language requirements of their new network? Ya, this will work.

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  2. Talk about bias by joshdick · · Score: 0, Troll

    The reporter didn't even seek comment from ICANN, Dept. of Commerce or anyone from the U.S. government.

  3. Re:So basically. by bheer · · Score: 1, Troll

    Pointing out that the EU (which has pretensions to being a superpower) has no clothes because it fails to take care of a basic item that governments (especially super-governments) are supposed to provide -- is 'trollish'?

    What is it about EU-fans (as distinct from Europeans) that they have their head so splendidly stuck in the sand?

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  4. Re:Sounds Like Good News by halivar · · Score: 1, Troll

    Let's hope they set up a good system that we all can use.

    You mean like the one we've got already? Honestly, is it worth reinventing the wheel on purely idealogical principle ("America shouldn't control the root DNS servers")? Is there something detrimental the US government is doing with it's control?

  5. Please leave your geek-card at the door. by rylin · · Score: 0, Troll

    You have the top post when browsing at +1 right now. You mention separate networks, and you FRIKKIN FAIL TO MENTION SKYNET?

    What is WRONG with you?

  6. Re:WWW by damicha · · Score: 0, Troll

    you are wrong
    it was on TV
    Al Gore invented the Internet, he said it himself, I do have it tapad and also cut to DVD.
    So it is true!
    Would you accuse a U.S. VP of misrepresenting this?
    I do believe in
    TV and politician's own words, because that's always a clean, solid guarantee for a good laugh!