[ga] ICANN expanding its powers

[Andy Gardner <andy@navigator.co.nz>]

From their main web page:

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"The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a
technical coordination body for the Internet. Created in October 1998 by a
broad coalition of the Internet's business, technical, academic, and user
communities, ICANN is assuming responsibility for a set of technical
functions previously performed under U.S. government contract by IANA and
other groups.
Specifically, ICANN coordinates the assignment of the following identifiers
that must be globally unique for the Internet to function:

*	Internet domain names
*	IP address numbers
*	protocol parameter and port numbers

In addition, ICANN coordinates the stable operation of the Internet's root
server system."

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From the recent press release regarding their upcoming road show in
Asia/Pacific:

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"ICANN is the central coordinating body on global Internet governance"

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SINCE FUCKING WHEN????!!!!

-- 
Andrew P. Gardner
barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP?
We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
Get active: http://www.domain-owners.org http://www.tldlobby.com
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