Why Uncle Sam keeps ICANN on such a short leash By Juliana Gruenwald and Rory J. O'Connor Interactive Week February 12, 2001 3:52 AM PT To millions of users around the globe, creation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers two and a half years ago signaled - for better or worse - a bold experiment in governing for the Internet age. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2684111,00.html ICANN explains 'thinking' behind top domain decisions By: Kieren McCarthy Posted: 14/02/2001 at 16:05 GMT ICANN has explained its peculiar rational behind the choice of global top-level domain names, and defended accusations that the entire process was flawed, at a Congressional sub-committee. Chairman of ICANN, Vinton G. Cerf, was faced with a barrage of criticism over the process, its limited time span, and the final choices made. He defended the decision to charge all applicants a non-refundable $50,000, saying that the fee was needed to cover the cost of the process since ICANN has no money of its own. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16912.html -- David Goldstein Project Manager, Internet Industry Liaison Project Communications Law Centre dgoldstein§comslaw.org.au PO Box 14428 MCMC, Melbourne Vic 8001 tel: 03 9248 1255 fax: 03 9248 1277 http://www.comslaw.org.auReceived on Fri Feb 16 2001 - 13:33:41 UTC
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