[LINK] ICANN and those new TLDs

[TKoltai]

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> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jan Whitaker
> Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2012 11:11 AM
> To: link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] ICANN and those new TLDs
> 
> 
> Possible conflict of interest charge; ICANN licence extended rather 
> than renewed.
> 
> ICANN Web Address Controversy Deepens After U.S. Warning
> 
> By Georgina Prodhan
> 
> LONDON (Reuters) - A controversial attempt to expand Internet 
> addresses far beyond the likes of .com, .org or .net has provoked a 
> rare threat from the U.S. government to withdraw a key licence from 
> the body that runs the Internet's core functions.
>
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> The conflict of interest concerns arise from the fact that some past 
> and present board members stand to benefit financially from the 
> liberalization of Web addresses through ties to organizations that 
> make money from registering new domain names or consulting on 
> the expansion.

Well quite frankly, I'm shocked that these people would make a decision
that would line their own pockets.

One can't have interest goups running the Internet for their own
purposes.

That might have been ok in the middle ages, but it is not ok in today's
enlightened environment.
I hope the Government give them what for and publish their reasons so
that the public will be made aware of what a true democratic process
should look like.


TomK