"Who's Behind ICANN?"

The Dev writes "The Cook Report has published a very long and detailed article about ICANN. It gives a chilling view of what interests are controlling ICANN (legacy telco's, trademark, big business and gov't) and how they have ben menuvering to make themselves unaccountable to anyone. It goes on to describe some of the (dire) consequences of this new power structure."

Quite an interesting article and worth reading for anyone who has or plans to have a domain name. Yes, it's long. But it's important. While you're at it, you can check out archives of the Santiago meeting. The hearings on the domain name dispute resolution process are an especially good example of the total lack of accountability, as they rush through a pre-determined script, ignoring audience comments entirely. This is your Internet government. -- michael

In related news, ICANN announced yesterday that 12 more registrars have been approved. Their registry testbed period ends Sep.30. --jamie

Screw getting a domain! I want

[Chandon Seldon]

http://users.slashdot.org/Chandon_Seldon/

Then I wouldn't have to screw around with registering a domain, and being screwed by ICANN or NSI!

Hmm, mabie e-mail redirection would be cool too...

Follow the money

[Seth Finkelstein]

There's hardly a better proof of this aphorism. Very interesting.

- The Boston Lunatic