interesting...


"The United States government will on Wednesday announce it is relinquishing most of the control it currently exerts over Icann, the organization that runs the Internet's core domain systems, the BBC reports."....

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-347254.html

Interesting stuff, will have to see if this development helps us in any manner & the world in a larger picture by any ways :think:

interesting news

Nothing is mentioned at ICANN Blog:

http://blog.icann.org/

interesting news

Nothing is mentioned at ICANN Blog:

http://blog.icann.org/

I'm sure they'll post about it soon. Just give them some time.

ICANN will continue to be a toothless tiger, regardless of where (or not) it's based.

Interesting stuff, will have to see if this development helps us in any manner & the world in a larger picture by any ways :think:

No it won't because there is a major flaw.

They have not made ICANN answerable to any other governing body. Without that, ICANN then gets to do what everyone fears most, the ICANN inner circle will be able to ignore anything that they disagree with without fear of sanction. If you think they are bad now, they will be worse after being let loose without supervision.

ICANN should, at the very least, be an agency of the UN or some other international governing body.

plumsauce, are you the same one hitting up commentary regarding ICANN fall under the UN on other sites? You might want to take a look at why the UN was formed to begin with, it wasn't formed to control commerce or do half of what it's doing today.

The US can take credit for the internet pretty much expanding as it has. The majority (if not all) was formed from the minds of our university's and then lassoed by the large internet corporations of the time.

We'd be better having China control the name system then the bedwetters at the UN.

No China Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :smash:

So if there is no Icann which don;t do much anyway then I guess it will now become even more chaotic ths industry!

plumsauce, are you the same one hitting up commentary regarding ICANN fall under the UN on other sites? You might want to take a look at why the UN was formed to begin with, it wasn't formed to control commerce or do half of what it's doing today.

The US can take credit for the internet pretty much expanding as it has. The majority (if not all) was formed from the minds of our university's and then lassoed by the large internet corporations of the time.

We'd be better having China control the name system then the bedwetters at the UN.

Did I say the UN specifically? No, I did not. It was an example. The fact that you took it that way is your problem. Not mine. It was an example, and it was couched that way.

If you think that I have been posting on the same subject elsewhere, then compare the writing styles and make a guess. If the guess is yes, point them out.

The US has indicated that it will be letting go of the reins. The motivation is pressure from the EU.

The specific objection is that ICANN will not be answerable in any meaningful way to anyone other than themselves. This is not a good thing. Not when the insiders are the same entrenched insiders who have been self dealing for years. Benign dictatorships never turn out well for outsiders.

So, the choices are, in order of preference:

International Multilateral Commission, because it is an international concern.

European Union, because the EU seems to have an appreciation for consumer rights and the common good.

United States, because they know the ropes already.

ANYTHING *OTHER* THAN LETTING ICANN RUN THE CANDY STORE UNSUPERVISED.

The US letting go of ICANN is a good move. Letting go without ensuring that ICANN is answerable to outside authority, not so good. Actually, a recipe for disaster, chaos and cronyism.

Yes, the US has inserted a "national interest" clause. But, that would be difficult to invoke politically without international backlash, even if international interests were aligned.

We'd be better having China control the name system then the bedwetters at the UN.

That would work too. Just so long as ICANN is answerable outside of ICANN.

All of your domains are belong to us.

Just another example of the new United States of Eurmerica. I can only comment on how assorted countries have been trying to control content and now they might get the chance. Obama can stop this but he won't. He's in the French Socialist bed and prefers it that way. God help all of us in the USA. Oops, I need to be careful, I think God may be banned soon...

Thanks for posting the news, I hope these changes are for better not for worse.