EU urges Internet governance revamp

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: May 4, 2009 8:43:43 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] EU urges Internet governance revamp

EU URGES INTERNET GOVERNANCE REVAMP

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the  
body in charge of assigning Internet addresses such as .com and .net,  
should be shorn of its US government links and made fully independent,  
the European Union's information society chief said on Monday. ICANN  
is a not-for-profit organization set up in 1998 but operates under the  
aegis of the U.S. Department of Commerce, a set-up that raises  
concerns for some as the Internet is seen as belonging to a wider  
constituency. Pressure in the past on ICANN from right-wing  
politicians to stop .xxx from becoming a domain name for pornography,  
worried some policymakers. ICANN's operating agreement with the U.S.  
government expires at the end of September.

<http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE54322V20090504>

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