Fergie's Tech Blog

ICANN Faces Pressure From Friends and Foes

Michael Geist writes:

My latest Law Bytes column highlights the growing frustration with ICANN's accountability and transparency. The column highlights the many policy issues associated with Internet governance and notes that over the past month even ICANN's most ardent supporters have begun to express doubts about the organization' s lack of transparency and accountability.

Last week, U.S. Congressman Rick Boucher called for a Congressional investigation into ICANN and its recent decision to settle litigation with VeriSign, which manages the lucrative dot-com registry. The settlement, which awards VeriSign near-permanent control over the dot-com domain, has faced sharp criticism from across the Internet governance community.

posted by Fergie @ 4/04/2006 09:21:00 AM