[IP] ICANN takes hits from lawmakersRisks Digest 22.90

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:30:32 -0700
> From: "NewsScan" <newsscan@newsscan.com>
> Subject: ICANN takes hits from lawmakers
>
> Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) is critical of ICANN (the Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for not doing enough to stop
> scammers and child pornographers from registering under false names with
> stolen credit cards: "I'm disappointed with the failure of the marketplace
> and regulators to deal with this problem. A legislative solution seems
> necessary." And Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) agrees: "There's not a real
> seriousness of intent either by ICANN or the Department of Commerce to have
> an accurate whois database." Commerce Department General Counsel Theodore
> Kassinger says that ICANN is busy working on solving the problem.
> [Reuters/*USA Today*, 4 Sep 2003; NewsScan Daily, 5 September 2003]
>   http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-09-04-net-id-checks_x.htm

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