EU/US Internet Governance Battle Heats Up
Ken Young writes on vnunet.com:
Private sector parties, including Nominet and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), were asked to leave the room during a debate over the future of the internet in Geneva last week, sources attending the event have revealed to vnunet.com.
The representatives were asked to leave on more than one occasion, and at times their comments, which are only allowed during the last five minutes of any debate, were drowned out by the stamping fists of government representatives.
The event was noteworthy because the European Union took a strong line against the US maintaining its control of internet management through ICANN.
Nominet, the .uk domain registry, appears somewhat at odds with government policy by standing alongside ICANN in seeking to protect the status quo.
posted by Fergie @ 10/12/2005 09:25:00 AM
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