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Below is a non-exhaustive list of links to Year 2000 news reports about ICANN, in reverse chronological order. A few links may no longer be available, while others may require a password or fee to access their archives.
 
Y2000 ICANN EDITORIALS
 
17-Dec-00 Wrong Turn in Cyberspace:Using ICANN to Route Around the APA and the Constitution, by A. Michael Froomkin

1-Dec-00 ICANN is Not a World Governent, by Stefan Krempl (Teleopolis)

12-Dec-00 Reflections on the DNS, RFC 1591, and Categories of Domains, by John Kleinsin (IETF Draft)

12-Dec-00 Domain Defense Initiatives, by Russell Smith and Brean Shea (Afternic)

05-Dec-00 Playing the Domain Game: Commerce Dept. Should Put New TLDs on Hold, by Kathleen Murphy (Internet News)

Dec-00 A battle for the heart and soul, by Julie Lipman (DigitalMASS)

20-Nov-00 ICANN should approve more domains, by Declan McCullagh (Wall Street Journal)

13-Nov-00 Call for ICANN Honesty, by Domain Name Rights Coalition

9-Nov-00 ]Rough Justice: An Analysis of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution, by Prof. Milton Mueller (Syracuse University)

3-Nov-00 Ten Questions for Karl Auerbach, by Cedar Pruitt (The Filter)

Oct-00 Domain Sector: Is it Global Cybersquatting or Capitalism? by Julie Wheeler (Boardwatch)

27-Oct-00 Beware the ICANN Board-Squatters, by Prof. Michael Froomkin

7-Oct-00 Malice or stupidity? Warning: read this before you vote in the ICANN election, by Brian Reid

30-Sep-00 ICANN Members' Critical Vote, by Dan Gillmor (San Jose Mercury)

29-Sep-00 Forget about Gore and Bush: ICANN's first global online election will rock the world, by Brian Livingston (InfoWorld)

26-Sep-00 Why Netizens can't learn to stop worrying and love ICANN. Freaked Geeks, by Damien Cave (New Republic Online)

18-Sep-00 Candidate: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig (Afternic)

6-Sep-00 The Triangulations of Esther Dyson, by Andrew Orlowski (The Register)

6-Sep-00 ICANN Special: New legal hurdles (Part 1), (Part 2) by Andrew Orlowski (The Register)

Sep-00 Juries and the New Common Law of Cyberspace, by Prof. David Post (Temple University Law School)

21-Aug-00 New World Order, by Jonathan GS Koppell (Industry Standard)

16-Aug-00 Who the hell does WIPO think it is? Kieren McCarthy (The Register)

15-Aug-00 The sick world of knowledge behind cybersquatting, by Kieren McCarthy (The Register)

13-Aug-00 What's Wrong with ICANN -- and How to Fix It, by David R. Johnson and Susan P. Crawford

03-Aug-00 Out Of Balance - ICANN Has Reserved All The Best Seats For The Corporate Elite, by Sandra Kegel (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

03-Aug-00 Applicatiohs to be taken for new Net domain names, by Dan Gillmor (San Jose Mercury)

16-Jul-00 Domain names aside, future of Net is at stake, by Dan Gillmor (San Jose Mercury)

13-Jul-00 Who can watch the watchdog? by Rhonda Hauben (Telepolis)

27-Jun-00 Yokohama Statement on Civil Society and ICANN Elections, by Internet Democracy Project

19-May-00 Should You Register to Vote in ICANN's Board Elections?, by Michael Froomkin

10-May-00 Want to Create a Secret Committee? It's Easy. Violate Your Bylaws, by Bret Fausett

26-Apr-00 Beware of Monopolies Proposing to "Open Up" Markets: An Analysis of Network Solution's Proposal for New Top-level Domain Names, by Milton Mueller, Associate Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies

19-Apr-00 How New, Internet Top-Level Domains could be Introduced Rapidly on a Sound Basis, by Roger Cochetti (Network Solutions)

2-Apr-00 The Debate over Internet Goverment: A Snapshot in the Year 2000, by Gina Palk and P-R Stalk (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)

Apr-00 Domain Names: ICANN and New Remedies Against Cybersquatting. by Mark Radcliffe & Dan Cook

24-Mar-00 They Sold the Internet, and All I Got Was This Lousy Cease and Desist Letter - Protecting Yourself from the Cyberpiracy Prevention Act, by Mikki Barry

Mar-00 Common-Cause/CDT ICANN Election Study

18-Feb-00 Would I Join This Club If It Would Have Me as a Member? by Andy Oram (Web Review)

09-Feb-00 A Roundtable Discussion On The ICANN At-Large Elections hosted by Common Cause & the Center for Democracy & Technology  

 
Y2000 ICANN NEWS

1-Dec-00

Controversial Giant: ICANN Tackles Question of TLDs, by Kathleen Murphy - Internet.com)

25-Nov-00

Country code chiefs, registrars mull ICANN breakaway, by Andrew Orlowski (Register)

20-Nov-00

ICANN rulings lands Big Biz with $75k yearly fees, by Linda Harrison (Register)

ICANN Surprises DotTV With Criticism, Denial, by Karen Kaplan (LA Times)

Regional operators balk at paying ICANN bills, by Associated Press (C/\Net)

16-Nov-00

Congressman Concerned Over ICANN TLD Process, by Clint Boulton (InternetNews)

ICANN Won't Choose Risky Domains - Dyson, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

Federal Trade Commission Alert

15-Nov-00

ICANN Should Freeze New Domain Name Plan, by Robert MacMillan and David McGuire (Newsbytes)

13-Nov-00

Public Interest Groups Join With the DNRC in Urging ICANN to Keep Promises Given Since 1998

ICANN to applicants: Don't count on .KIDs, by Tome Perrotta (Internet World)

ICANN Staff Narrows New Domain Name Options, by Carolyn Duffy Marsan (PC World)

7-Nov-00

ICANN Excludes New Electees from TLD Selection, by Kathleen Murphy (Internet World)

1-Nov-00

Say Sayonara to Dyson; Cerf May Be Next ICANN Chairman, by Kathleen Murphy (InternetWorld)

31-Oct-00

New ICANN Domain Rules to Shield Trademark Holders, by Matt Gallaway (eCompany)
Four ICANN Directors Called "Boardsquatters", by Thor Olavsrud (Silicon Alley News)

30-Oct-00

Wilson's Tenure at ICANN Criticized, by Vasugi Ganeshananthan (Harvard Crimson Online)

27-Oct-00

ICANN Antagonist Calls For Board Resignations, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

16-Oct-00

ICANN-oclast, by Damien Cave (Salon)
ICANN steps over mark - again,by: Kieren McCarthy (Register)

15-Oct-00

Anoutsider looks in on ICANN, by Ben Charny (ZDNet)

12-Oct-00

ICANN Holds Public Election, by Susan Stellin (NYTimes)
ICANN Elects Iconoclasts, by Declan McCullagh (Wired)

11-Oct-00

2 OutspokenCritics Elected to ICANN Board, by Aaron Pressman (Industry Standard)
Jury Still Out on Net Elections, by Farhad Manjoo (Wired)
ICANN Adds Democracy to Internet Governance, by Mary Mosquera (TechWeb)

10-Oct-00

Internet policy critic elected (C/Net)

03-Oct-00

ICANN pursuing slowest-possible expansion of Net domain names, byDan Gillmor (San Jose Mercury)
ICANN vote to map future for Internet, by David Akin (National Post)

02-Oct-00

Glitch Mars First Cyberelections, by Anick Jesdanun (AP)
ICANN Elections Under Way, by Oscar S. Cisneros (Wired)

18-Sep-00

Candidates Challenge ICANN Dominance (ZDNet)

22-Aug-00

Dyson to leave ICANN, Will be its best critic (Newsbytes)
Domain name reflection, by Jennifer Jones (InfoWorld)

18-Aug-00

ICANN Self-Nominees Compete for Ballot Slots - Update, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

12-Aug-00

ICANN can't, but ICANNT can, by Ben Charny (ZDNet)

09-Aug-00

Users come last in ICANN elections scramble, by: Andrew Orlowski i (The Register)

07-Aug-00

ICANN election a little too popular, by Ben Charny (ZDNet)

02-Aug-00

ICANN Taps Nominees, by Thor Olavsrud (InternetNews)

24-Jul-00

ICANN not up to the job? by: Kieren McCarthy (The Register)

24-Jul-00

ICANN do without it, thanks, by Eva Pascoe (Independent News)
A New Leader for ICANN, by Aaron Pressman (The Standard)
ICANN addresses domain name crunch, by Jeri Clausing (Inter@ctive Week)

17-Jul-00

ICANN adds domain names, stores up troubles, by Graham Lea (The Register)

16-Jul-00

Internet Names Group Votes to Gradually Expand Domain Name (C/Net)

07-Jul-00

ICANN Opponents Blast Favorable GAO Report, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)
GAO Clears ICANN's Legal Underbrush, by Aaron Pressman (Industry Standard)

29-Jun-00

Nonprofits Help ICANN Get Out the Vote, by Aaron Pressman (Industry Standard)

26-Jun-00

Internet's Domain Administrator Is Sued: New York Company Says It Was Blocked From Registry Business, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes). See also: ICANN Advisory Concerning Afternic Litigation (June 20, 2000)
ICANN Denies Registrar's Complaint , by Carol King (Internet.News)
New Domains at Last, by Aaron Pressman (Industry Standard)

15-Jun-00

ICANN's Plan for Name-Calling, by Ronna Abramson (Industry Standard)

14-Jun-00

ICANN Sets Schedule for New Domains (Newsbytes)

10-Jun-00

The consensus machine (Economist)

06-Jun-00

European Domain Operators Refuse to Pay Bills, by Jeri Clausing (NYT)

31-May-00

ICANN official defends Internet management group, by Nancy Weil (IDG.net)

27-May-00

Why Esther Dyson Rules the Cyberdomain (CNN Interview)

18-May-00

Court Curbs Power of ICANN: U.S. judge says courts may second-guess domain-name arbiter, by Victoria Slind-Flor (National Law Journal)

03-May-00

Congressional Investigators Scrutinize Internet Oversight Group, by Jeri Clausing (NYT)

02-May-00

ICANN's Dyson Not Aware of GAO Investigation, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)
Congressional Investigators Scrutinize Internet Oversight Group, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes)

01-May-00

Group Starting Work on New Cyberspace Domains, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes)

20-Apr-00

Group proposes policy for creating Net name suffixes, by Reuters (C/Net)
ICANN Inches Toward New Domains (Wired)

11-Apr-00

EU Pushes for Greater Net Influence, by Elizabeth De Bony (The Standard)

10-Apr-00

A Leader in Cyberspace, It Seems, is No Politician, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes)

06-Apr-00

New worry begins over names and domains on Internet (New Straits Times)

05-Apr-00

Is CANN the Net's "black hole"? by Lisa M. Bowman (ZDNet News)

27-Mar-00

Throwing Rocks at ICANN, by Keith Perine (Industry Standard)

23-Mar-00

ICANN Gives Palestinians a Home on the Web, by Keith Perine (Industry Standard)

14-Mar-00

Image Online Design Speaks Out on ICANN Proposal, by Scott Clark (Internet News)

13-Mar-00

What's in a Name? Arcane Internal Bickering, Internet Agency Learns, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes)

10-Mar-00

Internet Overseer Rejects Board Selection Plan, by John Schwartz (Washington Post)
ICANN Votes to Allow Voting, by Keith Perine (The Standard)

09-Mar-00

ICANN Gives Power to the People, by Mats A. Palmgren (Wired)

09-Mar-00

ICANN urged to revamp elections, by Lisa M. Bowen (ZDNet)
ICANN: Too Open and Too Closed, by Mats A. Palmgren (Wired)
Can ICANN Make a Global Net? by Mats A. Palmgren (Wired)
ICANN May Add New Internet Suffixes (CNNfn)
At Large Division Roils ICANN Meeting, by Keith Perine (The Standard)

08-Mar-00

Government Officials Join Voices Urging Caution on Internet Oversight, by Jeri Clausing (NYT)
ICANN's Cairo Conclave Creeps Along, by Keith Perine (Industry Standard)

07-Mar-00

ICANN in Egypt: Taking the Net abroad, by Lisa M. Bowman (ZDNet)
ICANN Meetings in De Nile, by Mats A. Palmgren (Wired)

06-Mar-00

ICANN Says U.S. Will Let it Prosecute Cybersquatters, Domain Profiteers, by Dow Jones Newswire (Wall Street Journal - subscribers only)
Report Criticizes Viability of Internet Oversight Panel, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes)

03-Mar-00

Study finds ICANN vote plan full of problems, by Nancy Weil (IDG.Net)

01-Mar-00

ICANN Sees Healthy Response to Open Membership, by Martyn Williams (IDG.Net)
A Study of the ICANN @Large Elections, by Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and Technology
"Given the outstanding concerns about matters ranging from membership to capture, the unanswered questions about how the electorate will develop over time, and the rapidly changing nature of the Internet itself, ICANN cannot claim that its proposed election system, as it now stands, will confer legitimacy on it."

24-Feb-00

WIPO, ICANN Happy With Cybersquatting Decisions, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

05-Feb-00

ICANN Crackdown, by Declan McCullagh (Wired)

02-Feb-00

Unclear on the Concept (TBTF Log)

Jan-00

Power Centers:Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Business 2.0)

11-Jan-00

Tired of Waiting for the "Net Domains"? Blame ICANN, by Scott Clark (Internet News)

03-Jan-00

One Step Forward, One Back for Internet Names Panel, by Jeri Clausing (NYTimes)

 

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