[Ecommerce] US government told to take its hands off internet

[Michelle Childs]

 Good article on the otcome of the US consultation on ICANN, with useful
summary of responses

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US government told to take its hands off internet
Request for comments produces stark results
By Kieren McCarthyPublished Saturday 15th July 2006 22:50

The United States government has been told to end its oversight role of
the internet during its own consultation exercise over the future of net
governance.

In a stark result, over 87 percent of those that commented on the US's
continued control of the internet's hierachy said that it was time for it
to transition toward a new, more international model. The company that the
consultation was designed to review - not-for-profit overseeing
organisation ICANN - fared little better, with nearly two-thirds of
comments coming down against it.

Full article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/15/ntia_inquiry_results/




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