[IP] "Efforts to remove the US government's historical stranglehold on the internet will kick off again today

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Tom Yates <madhatter@teaparty.net>
Date: July 5, 2006 2:31:40 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: poss. for IP?

Prof. Farber:

From today's Guardian:

"Efforts to remove the US government's historical stranglehold on the  
internet will kick off again today.

[...]

Icann operates under a contract with the US department of commerce, a  
situation that has made other countries suspicious. Even though the  
American government claims never to have directly interfered with  
Icann's activities the Department of Commerce has become embroiled in  
controversy over its alleged role in the blocking of a request to  
create a new .xxx top-level domain."

Full article at http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/ 
0,,1812343,00.html .



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  Tom Yates  -  madhatter@teaparty.net  -  http://www.teaparty.net


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