Can World Governments Veto Your Domain Name?

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, 2011 @04:50AM from the a-website-by-any-other-name dept.

AugstWest writes "There's been talk recently of the Obama administration wanting the right to shoot down possible TLDs, but it looks like things may be going even a step further — According to this article by Laura Stotler, 'the NTIA is asking for the power to object to any proposed Internet address for any reason.' What happens if, say, the government of Germany decides they don't like your domain name? ICANN's had its share of bureaucratic nightmares, what happens when world governments also have a say?"

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Not News by OverlordQ · 2011-02-10 05:00 · Score: 4, Informative

Of course they quote this line:

“Any GAC member may raise an objection to a proposed string for any reason.”

Then in order to push their pov they ignore the very next line:

If it is the consensus position of the GAC not to oppose objection raised by a GAC member or members, ICANN shall reject the application.
No single country can veto something, it takes a majority to agree to the veto.

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