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ICANN's Contract Renewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the governments-not-big-on-giving-up-control dept.

mrogers writes "The International Herald Tribune is reporting that ICANN's contract has been renewed for the next five years. This means the non-profit corporation, which is responsible for allocating IP addresses and administering the top level of the Domain Name System, will not become independent from the U.S. Department of Commerce until at least 2011. The contract is also available as a PDF."

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  1. Somebody had to. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    ICANN't believe it.

    .....sorry.

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  2. Lovely! by cashman73 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These are the brilliant geniuses that brought us the completely useless domains of .aero, .museum, and .coop, not to mention the spam-haven of .biz! I wonder what sort of cr*p they can bring out in the next five years? ;-)

    1. Re:Lovely! by Compulsion · · Score: 5, Funny

      .crp most likely

  3. Re:More ICANN by 4solarisinfo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I do not know if they should be renewing it for 5 years, though, as that is an eternity in Internet time.

    Actually, I think if it's going to be renewed, it SHOULD be an 'eternity in Internet time'. Standards change often enough, and ICANN is one of the few stabilizing factors out there. It's one thing to keep pushing the technology envelope, but working on large systems with a long lead time You really learn to appreciate that if nothing stays the same, you can never finish.