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ICANN appears to be accountable to no one, except God Almighty.
-- John Dingell (D-Michigan) 8-Feb-01

ICANN has become a cesspoool.
--Esther Dyson (former ICANN Chair ) Apr-02

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ESSAYS and EDITORIALS
 

12-Mar-03 ICANN, big business, and top-level domains, by Rob Flickenger

2-Dec-03 Why it's time to rein in ICANN, by Sonia Arrison

25-Jul-03 Do Domains Matter? by Francis Hwang

26-Feb-03 Internet Users: Is It Time For A Declaration of Independence? by Rod Dixon (Circle ID)

22-Nov-02 ICANN Needs Another Long Trip, by Jonathan Cohen, ICANN Board member (Wired Rants & Raves)

Fall 2002 Sovereign Domains: A Declaration of Independence of ccTLDs from Foreign Control, by Kim G. von Arx and Gregory R. Hagen

18-Nov-02 ICANN Needs Another Long Trip, by Lauren Weinstein (Wired

Nov/Dec-02 Governing the Internet: Engaging Government, Business, and Nonprofits, by Zoe Baird (Foreign Affairs)

1-Nov-02 ICANN Tells World to Fuck Off and Die (Pigdog Journal)

31-Oct-02 ICANN Without Schmucks, by Mikael Pawlo (GrepLaw)

17-Oct-02 A Discussion Paper on the Introduction of New TLDs, by Bret Fausett

25-Sep-02 Domain Name Theft, Fraud And Regulations, by Rod Dixon (Circle ID)

12-Sep-02 September Deadline: Can The ICANN Model Be Revised? by Rhonda Hauben

10-Sep-02 Domain Name Services: Let Competition, Not ICANN, Rule William F. Adkinson, Jr., Progress and Freedom Foundation. Also Time to Say "You Can't" to ICANN (PFR)

Aug-02 Creating the Illusion of Legitimacy, by Hans Klein (Cyber-Federalist No. 14) Describes the tactics used by ICANN to simulate legitimacy: Newspeak, exclusionary committees, and participant llearning curves.

8-Aug-02 Internet overseer takes wrong path on accountability, by Michael Geist (Globe)

2-Aug-02 ICANN'T solve Internet problems, but ICANN travel, by John C. Dvorak (ISPWorld)

23-Jul-02 Who Rules the Root? ICANN, Domain Names, and the Battle over Internet Governance, by Michael Roberts (Cato Institute)

12-Jul-02 Accountability and Oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Report to the Markle Foundation by Tamar Frankel

2--Jul-02 Why ICANN Can't, by Milton Mueller (IEEE Spectrum)

2-Jul-02 John Gilmore explains why it's time for ICANN to go, by Damien Cave (Salon)

21-Jun-02 An ICANN reform plan, by Harald Tveit Alvestrand

13-Jun-02 Public's role in Net governance threatened, by Michael Geist (Globe and Mail)

13-Jun-02 The Little Engine That Couldn;t: Reforming ICANN, by James V. DeLong and Maura McGonigle (Competitive Enterprise Institute)

12-Jun-02 A Pluralistic View of DNS Governance: Core Principles For ICANN Reform by the Markle Foundation to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

31-May-02 Staying the Course on Internet Privatization: Comments on ICANN Reform, by Hans Klein (CPSR)

7-May-02 Preliminary Common Proposal: Role of Member Administrations in the Management of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and Addresses (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity)

29-Apr-02 Letter to the Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform, from theTransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue

25-Apr-02 Reforming the Administration of the DNS Root, by Paul Hoffman

24-Apr-02 ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy&endash; Causes and (Partial) Cures, by Prof. Michael Froomkin

22-Apr-02 The Conflicting Myths of ICANN, by David R. Johnson and Susan P. Crawford (ICANNWatch)

10-Apr-02 Form and Substance in Cyberspace, by Prof. Michael Froomkin

25-Mar-02 A New Approach to ICANN Reform:The Heathrow Declaration, by Elliot Noss, Timothy M. Denton, and Ross Wm. Rader

19-Mar-02 Tilting at ICANN: Interview with Karl Auerbach (Salon)

18-Mar--02 Overcoming ICANN: Forging Better Paths for the Internet, by David J. Farber, Peter G. Neumann, and Lauren Weinstein (People For Internet Responsibility)

17-Mar-02 ICANN Fix-it: a reorganization proposal, by Danny Younger (ICANNWorld)

14-Mar-02 ICANN to At-Large: Drop Dead (ICANNWatch)

07-Mar-02 ICANN Reform - a personal view, Harald Alvestrand, IETF chair

Mar-02 New.net responds to the Lynn "roadmap (New.net)

6-Mar-02 The big ICANN roll-back, by Andy Oram (O'Reilly Network)

4-Mar-02 ICANN President Proposes Radical Changes to Net Management Body; CANN Reforms Fail to Constrain Authority, Activities (CDT)

2-Mar-02 Preliminary Statement of NGO an Academic Internet Study (NAIS) on Proposal for Restructuring ICANN (NAIS Project)

3-Mar-02 The RIPE NCC's response the ICANN reform proposal document (RIPE NCC)

27-Feb-02 ICANN 2.0, by David R. Johnson and Susan P. Crawford (ICANNWatch)

27-Feb-02 Where goes ICANN, by Michael Froomkin (IP)

9-Jan-02 Revamp the Domain Dispute Policy, by Julie Wheeler (ISP Planet)

For Y2001 Essays and Editorials, see Archives 01 -

For Y2000 Essays and Editorials, see Archives 00 -

For Y1999 Essays and Editorials, see Archives 99 -

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NEWS

22-Apr-04

ICANN Gets New Oversight (Computer Business Review)

31-Mar-04

ICANN Reports on WHOIS inaccuracies, by Jim Wagner (InternetNews)

12-Mar-03

ICANN: Return of the Jedi Engineers, by Monica Emert (Register)

17-Nov-03

ICANN wins first round of Wait List fight, by Kieren McCarthy (Register)

17-Sep-03

ICANN to continue its reign over the Net, by Declan McCullagh (C/Net) See DOC/ICANN MOU Amendment 6

10-Feb-03

ICANN and US government accused of internet tyranny (EuropeMedia)

16-Dec-02

ICANN Clears Way for New Sponsored TLDs, by Ryan Naraine (InternetNews.com)

15-Dec-02

ICANN to approve new domains, by Reuters (C/Net). See also Fourth Annual Meeting of the ICANN Board

31-Oct-02

ICANN Nixes At-Large Reps, by Steve Kettmann (Wired) - ICANN drops directly elected board seats (Mercury News) - ICANN drops elected board seats (MSNBC)

29-Oct-02

ICANN critics may create rival Internet administration group, by Todd R. Weiss (Computerworld)

28-Oct-02

ICANN's contrarian gets the boot, by Anick Jesdanun (AP)

24-Oct-02
22-Oct-02
18-Oct-02
Inside ICANN - The Jonathan Cohen Interview - Part 3 (Demys)
Part 2 (Demys)
Part 1 (Demys

23-Sep-02

Commerce Dept. renews ICANN contract to mismanage Internet, by John Paczkowski (SiliconValley.com)

20-Sep-02

ICANN still rules the Net, by Lisa M. Bowman (C/Net)

19-Sep-02

Commerce Department, ICANN Amend Internet Domain Name System Management Agreement (E Commerce News)

13-Sep-02

 U.S. Will Renew ICANN's Authority, by David McGuire (Washington Post)

26-Aug-02

ICANN Approves Waiting List Service, by Jim Wagner (InternetNews) See ICANN Preliminary Report, Special Meeting of the Board 23-Aug-02

15-Aug-02

Internet Address Retailers Join Debate Over ICANN Future - Registrars Take Opposing View to VeriSign Over Internet Body's Powers, by David McGuire (Washington Post)

14-Aug-02

Defending ICANN: Esther Dyson interviewed (Open Democracy)

2-Aug-02

NeuStar Supports ICANN's Blueprint for Reform (NeuStar PR)

2-Aug-02

Republican Senators Express Concern Over Renewall of ICANN Contracts With DoC (ICANNWatch)

1-Aug-02

Internet Registry Giants Want ICANN Heeled, by David McGuire (WashingtonPost)  

30-Jul-02

Terminal.Failure@Internet.Monopoly: An Interview with Karl Auerbach, by Malcolm Dean (Desktop Linux)

27-Jul-02

Ex-ICANN chief spotted in low earth orbit, by Andrew Orlowski (Register)

25-Jul-02

Esther Dyson defends ICANN, by Farhad Manjoo (Salon)

24-Jul-02

Critics blast Web registration group, call for changes (Nando Times)

23-Jul-02

ICANN Forefather Wants More Democratic Internet Governance, by David McGuire (Washington Post)

7-Jul-02

Net body accused of bullying tactics (BBC)

3-Jul-02

Net body under pressure (BBC)

25-Jun-02

ICANN Mulls Squatter Rules, by Reuters (Wired)
Some Critics Pass On Landmark ICANN Hearing, by David McGuire (Washington Post)

25-Jun-02

Internet Name Body Set for Landmark Vote This Week, by Bernhard Warner (Yahoo News)

20-Jun-02

ICANN Dotted with Doubts, by David McGuire (Washington Post)

13-Jun-02

Senators weigh ICANN's future, by Joanna Glasner (Wired)

12-Jun-02

Senator Undecided On ICANN Reform, by Robert MacMillan (Washington Post)

3-Jun-02

Panel Releases Blueprint for Internet Reform (Reuters)

29-May-02

ICANN to lose CEO, key staff (Register)
Critics Say ICANN Should Compete For Net Governance Duties, by David McGuire (Washtech) Rebid request sent to NTIA by ACLU, EFF, EPIC, Media Access Project, and theConsumers Union,

28-May-02

Internet body chief to step down in 2003 (Reuters)

27-May-02

ICANN Bids Adieu to Lynn and McLaughlin, by Ted Byfield (ICANNWatch)

21-May-02

ICANN Plans Vote On Address Resale Plan, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

17-May-02

DTI asks for help on ICANN reform, by Matt Loney (ZDNet)

Apr-02

UK Government Consultation on ICANN and the management of the Internet Domain Name System (Dept of Trade and Industry)

9-Apr-02

Draft: ICANN and Regional Internet Registries Relationship Agreement (RIPE)

3-Apr-02

Computing Group Asks ICANN To Scale Back Mission, by David McGuire (Newsbytes). Also see the ACM letter to Vint Cerf, ICANN chair.

1-Apr-02

Plan to Change Internet Group Is Criticized as Inadequate, by Susan Stellin (NYT)

28-Mar-02

Net Addressing Body Seeks Suggestions On Restructuring, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

18-Mar-02

ICANN Be Reformed by Julie Wheeler (ISP Planet)
ICANN Surveys Its Crossroads, by Steve Kettmann (Wired)
Director Sues Organization that Oversees Internet; ICANN Broke Law, Refused to Disclose Documents (EFF) Also see: Legal: Auerbach v. ICANN

15-Mar-02

ICANN abolishes Net democracy, but Esther steps in by Andrew Orlowski (Register). See ICANN Press Release on "at-large" membership resolution, comments by Esther Dyson (14-Mar-02)

ICANN in for a Domain Change, by Declan McCullagh (Wired)

ICANN Finally Attracts Congressional Ire, by Jim Wagner (InternetNews)

14-Mar-02

Congress to Enter ICANN Fray, by Declan McCullagh (Wired)
House Commerce Committee wants Bush admin to "keep tabs" on ICANN, by Declan McCullagh (Politechbot) - Energy and Commerce Committee letter to Secretary of Commerce,
ICANN To Move Forward With Restructuring, Not Elections, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

13-Mar-02

Internet Oversight Body Draws Fire, by Kwasi Kpodo (Yahoo Finance)

12-Mar-02

Net addressing authorities face governance decisions, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

11-Mar-02

Global Internet body set for showdown in Ghana, by Kwaku Sakyi-Addo and Andy Sullivan (C/Net)

6-Mar-02

APRICOT 2002 Plenary Session 2 Keynote Address by Stuart Lynn (Scribe's Notes)
Sen. Burns Requests Congressional Oversight of ICANN (ICANNWatch)

4-Mar-02

ICANN President: Reforms Not Set In Stone, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

28-Feb-02

ICANN price hike raises industry ire (Silicon.com)

25-Feb-02

ICANN President Defends Proposed Reforms, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)
Net oversight body to face major restructuring? by AP (CNN)
ICANN Chief Calls For Overhaul , by Jim Wagner (InternetNews)
ICANN Head's Plan Pooh-Poohed Associated Press (Wired)

21-Feb-02

Addressing Authorities Defend Deleted Name 'Grace Period' , by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

20-Feb-02

Romania gets set for ICANN conference (Europemedia.net)

24-Jan-02

ICANN's Take On New TLDs, by Julie Wheeler (ISP Planet)
Addressing Authorities Will Tackle Internet Keywords, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

18-Jan-02

Will U.S. Release Grip on ICANN? by Steve Kettmann (Wired)

18-Jan-02

European Net registrars boycott ICANN, by Gwendolyn Mariano (ZDNet)

11-Jan-02

No Decisions Made On New Domains - ICANN, by David McGuire (Newsbytes)

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DNS in Congress
DNS in Congress

Policy statements and Congressional testimony on private sector implementation of the U.S. government Internet White Paper.


IFWP
International Forum on the White Paper

Meetings in Summer 1998 which culminated with the creation of ICANN.


 

 

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