ICANN Says US Gov't Should Let It Go Private, While US Wants More Control
from the this-won't-end-well dept
We were just talking about how the US government -- despite existing concerns from pretty much the rest of the world that it already has too much control over ICANN -- wants more control over the organization that manages the basic structure of the internet. It appears that ICANN is looking to go in the other direction. ICANN boss Rod Beckstrom has sent a letter to the US government asking to be set free. In the letter, Beckstrom notes that the original plan had always been to privatize ICANN, and that was supposed to happen 11 years ago. Beckstrom points out that same thing we noted, which is that foreign governments are concerned about US control over the internet, and they're not going to look kindly on closer ties with the government. I have to admit that I'm intrigued what Beckstrom could do with an ICANN not under US government control. After all, he's literally written an entire book on the power of distributed systems over centralized ones. It would be great if he really worked to turn ICANN into a distributed system that couldn't be censored by any particular government agency.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Exactly
And therein lies the rub.
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/sarc, heavy heavy sarc
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http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/54755-icann-approves-xxx-domain
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The entire rest of the Internet has responded to this by beginning the process of blacklist and BOGUS'ing the entire TLD. Your .xxx domain will be absolutely worthless even before the zone goes live.
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It's also to protest the idiots blocking an entire TLD. That's just not a smart thing to do.
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It's been a BCP for many years; clearly, you're in need of remedial education.
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Let me guess...
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Can you imagine Comcast deciding not to offer DNS for these domains? Perhaps even blocking requests for them directly? After all, they are for adults only.
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Wow!!!
I mean just... WoW..
the patriotic fervour you must feel every time you salute the flag must be exhilarating...
I gather you prescribe to the Parochial mandate that the US invented the Universe!
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Make himself filthy stinking rich?
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Private? How?
But if there is a good way to go about this, I'm all for it.
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