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	O'Reilly Network -- Karl Auerbach: ICANN "Out of Control" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ICANN uses its domain name dispute resolution process to expand the rights of trademark holders, routinely taking away domains from people with legitimate rights to them, only to reward them to multinational corps with similar names, Auerbach says.
		ICANN is trying to create a situation where individuals are not allowed in and the only organizations that are allowed in are those that hew to ICANN's party line.
		ICANN has made all these decisions based on the concept of what the public should have and what it should not without ever asking the public what it wants or allowing the public to have its representatives among those who decide these issues.
	www.oreillynet.com /pub/a/policy/2002/12/05/karl.html (1767 words)

	ICANN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On September 29, 2006, ICANN signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) that is a step forward toward the full management of the Internet's system of centrally coordinated identifiers through the multi-stakeholder model of consultation that ICANN represents.
		ICANN was set up in California due to the presence of Jon Postel, who was a founder of ICANN and was set to be its first CTO prior to his unexpected death.
		ICANN remains in the same building where he worked, which is home to an office of the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ICANN (2141 words)

	What is ICANN? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		ICANN was created by the late Jon Postel in the fall of 1998 in response to a policy statement issued by the US Department of Commerce.
		Thus far ICANN has taken various measures to oversee the domain-name registration system's transition from government hands to private hands and to coordinate its decentralization and the integration into a global community.
		ICANN's diverse board consists of nineteen Directors, nine At-Large Directors, who serve one-year terms and will be succeeded by At-Large Directors elected by an at-large membership organization.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/I/ICANN.html (308 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Net governing body slammed from within
		To start the process of reform, he said Icann should be made truly independent from the US government and be made publicly accountable for the way it is run and the decisions it makes.
		Icann is only gradually taking over the net co-ordination work that was previously the responsibility of the US Department of Commerce.
		Icann was formed in 1998 when the net was becoming much more of a global resource rather than a US-centred network and needed a co-ordinating body free of US control.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1171793.stm (555 words)

	Free Press : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ICANN is the organization responsible for coordinating the assignment of Internet domain names, IP address numbers, and protocol parameters and port numbers, as well as the root server system.
		ICANN is formally a US non-profit corporation, with a structure of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees meant to coordinate input from various groups including government, business, NGOs, and internet users.
		ICANN has a complicated decisionmaking structure that was initially designed to provide input from the government, the scientific community, the corporate sector, and everyday internet users.
	www.freepress.net /global/institution.php?o=ICANN (619 words)

	ICANN Watch
		ICANN is formally a private nonprofit California corporation created, in response to a summoning by U.S. government officials.
		ICANN's "Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy" (UDRP) requires every registrant in.com,.org, or.net to agree to arbitration before ICANN-selected arbitration providers if any trademark owners anywhere in the world feel aggrieved by their registration of a term similar to that trademark.
		ICANN does not because it is nonprofit and has a unique relationship with the Department of Commerce.
	www.icannwatch.org /icann4beginners.shtml (1292 words)

	The Practical Nomad
		ICANN revealed a further web of secret contracts between IATA, Tralliance, and TTPC on 2 April 2005, less than a week before ICANN's final decision on.travel, when ICANN released a contract between Tralliance and the TTPC as an appendix to the (secretly-negotiated) draft agreement between Tralliance and ICANN for sponsorship of.travel.
		ICANN shouldn't have been surprised that, as I had said I would, I immediately submitted a formal request to ICANN that it refer its decision on the.travel agreement to an independent review panel, in accordance with its bylaws.
		ICANN hasn't responded to those questions, and went to extremes to exclude me from the press conferences during their meeting in New Zealand at the end of March, 2006.
	hasbrouck.org /icann (7353 words)

	InterNIC \| Domain Name System FAQs
		ICANN's mission is to protect and preserve the stability, integrity and utility – on behalf of the global Internet community of the DNS and the authoritative root ICANN was established to manage.
		ICANN has no role to play with alternate roots so long as these and other analogous efforts do not create instabilities in the DNS or otherwise impair the stability of the authoritative root.
		ICANN is a consensus development body for the global Internet community, and its focus is the development of consensus policies relating to the single authoritative root and the DNS.
	www.internic.net /faqs/authoritative-dns.html (1650 words)

	Media Visions Journal - Analyzing ICANN
		ICANN needs to be investigated and repaired, or better still, replaced with a constitutional democracy.
		ICANN apparently is becoming a font for global corporations securing their private interests without regard for the rights of smaller players.
		ICANN is securing a hold on power because too few of us are willing to stand up and oppose their efforts.
	www.media-visions.com /icann.htm (894 words)

	Correspondence from ICANN's General Manager to the ccNSO Launching Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ICANN, the ICANN SOs, and various working groups continually post draft and final policy discussions and recommendations and solicit public comment.
		For the duration of the transition regime, ICANN's involvement is provided under the contract for performance of the IANA function between the United States Government and ICANN.
		So to clarify, it is a policy issue in respect to the setting or re-setting of the "rules" for delegations and re-delegations and an operational issue in respect to the carrying out of those rules.
	ccnso.icann.org /correspondence/icann-to-ccnso-28jan04.html (1608 words)

	The Debate Over Internet Governance: Fred Baker
		A: ICANN would fit definition one and so to the extent that you want to consider it that way, ICANN is a process.
		ICANN has its critics and I have to say, in some respects, I am one of them.
		The other extremewhat I see companies doing is coming to ICANN and saying please show me that you have a clue, please show me that you actually are going to do a good job of assigning these things and making things be fair so that can all have a playing field.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /is99/governance/baker.html (3512 words)

	ICANN Vancouver 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ICANN Vancouver 2005 pre-registration page is now live and attendees are encouraged to fill out and submit the registration form at their earliest possible.
		During the ICANN Board Meeting held in Luxembourg last week, the board resolved to designate the December 2005 meeting in Vancouver, Canada, as the Annual Meeting for ICANN (This Annual Meeting will be in addition to the scheduled international meeting in Vancouver, Canada).
		The hosts of ICANN Vancouver 2005, CircleID and Leading Edge BC, are proud to announce the launch of the official website for the event, www.icannvancouver.ca.
	www.icannvancouver.ca (1024 words)

	Take Action! Register to Vote in ICANN's Elections! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an international organization that coordinates domain names, IP addresses, and other technical functions for the Internet.
		ICANN will be making important decisions affecting the Internet, such as creating new domains (like ".store" and ".personal"), settling trademark disputes over domain names, and setting technical parameters for the Domain Name System.
		ICANN has a board of directors, three Supporting Organizations, several advisory committees, and an At-Large membership.
	www.cdt.org /action/icann (438 words)

	Why ICANN is Illegal End Run Around the APA and Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Howver, ICANN’s self-regulation of the DNS on behalf of trademark holders is a self-serving attempt to pretend that conflict of interest can be wished away and that a century or more of American administrative law is no longer meaningful.
		ICANN is formally a private non-profit California corporation created, in response to a summoning by U.S. government officials, to take regulatory actions that the Department of Commerce was unable or unwilling to take directly.
		ICANN is at most implementing the key pieces of the White Paper policy - privatization, Internet stability, increasing competition, bottom-up coordination." He continues: "if it were true that ICANN was limited to "technical coordination" that would rebut the claim of an unconstitutional delegation of power.
	www.cookreport.com /illegal.shtml (4434 words)

	ICANN pitches the internet's future \| The Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ICANN - the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - which oversees the Internet in all its manificent lunacy, has just published a Strategic Plan, in which it has outlined what its direction and goals are for the next three years.
		ICANN in its Plan, makes no pretence about the fact that it expects to be the body left in charge once the US government takes its hands of the tiller.
		All the fury directed at ICANN from its creation in 1998, which increased year by year, came as a result of people's inability to understand why the organisation wasn't changing with the times, and in particular why logical alterations were dismissed with high-handed disdain.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/11/20/icann_pitches_internet_future (1244 words)

	Domain Name Essentials \| Why ICANN Shouldn't
		ICANN is a not for profit organization, and its main responsibilities surround IP address space allocation, domain name system management, root server system management functions and other related administrative functions that were performed by the U.S. government and other organizations via contract prior to the establishment of ICANN.
		ICANN is also key to the resolution of domain name registration disputes, as it is the organization responsible for designing and implementing the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (popularly known as the "UDRP").
		However, ICANN's current structure is under review as it tries to re-invent itself as a more flexible organization; the firm has been a target of criticism from some within the Internet community that claim ICANN does not properly perform the job it was created to do.
	thewhir.com /find/domain-names/guides/icann.cfm (624 words)

	ICANN-VeriSign Settlement - ICANNWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), with input from ICANN and other of its constituent bodies, is planning an information session at the Vancouver meetings on the changes in the.COM registry agreement that might impact those who rely on registry services (end-users, domain name registrants, registrars, etc.).
		ICANN may audit Verisign to ensure that it is providing equivalent access.
		ICANN would probably be defenseless in such an event because of the conditions imposed by this agreement.
	www.icannwiki.org /ICANN-VeriSign_Settlement (1300 words)

	ICANN Bylaws - Then (original) and Now (current)
		ICANN is brilliant at rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.The problem is they have the Internet on board.
		Lynn describes ICANN as an incredibly ambitious but impractical "experiment" that has failed to meet its original expectations and hopes.
		The study shall be structured so as to allow and encourage the participation of organizations worldwide, and shall be a "clean sheet" study &endash; meaning that previous decisions and conclusions regarding an "At Large" membership will be informative but not determinative, and that the study will start with no preconceptions as to a preferred outcome.
	www.domainhandbook.com /archives/comp-icannbylaws.html (7198 words)

	Beware the ICANN Board-Squatters
		ICANN did this by first, reducing the number of seats that could be elected by the membership from nine to five, and then by deciding that the seats that would not be filled by election would, instead of becoming vacant, be reserved for the Interim Directors.
		Since ICANN has apparently no present intention of actually electing four more directors from the membership -- this might actually create a theoretical danger that business interests might lose control -- it needed the four extra bodies so that critics wouldn't think ICANN was trying to shrink the Board.
		ICANN is about to do something utterly illegitimate, without even the usual fig leaf of transparency, consultation, or 'bottom-up' support.
	personal.law.miami.edu /~froomkin/boardsquat.htm (1398 words)

	ICANN profile: Overview
		ICANN's determination of the global rules for what a web site can be called and how that site can be found has significant ramifications.
		In Australia the main registrar is currently MelbourneIT, although new registrars are likely to be introduced as part of the move to industry self-regulation and competition under the oversight of the au Domain Administration (auDA), discussed here.
		ICANN carries a narrow technical mandate to ensure the reliable and efficient functioning of the DNS, and there is general consensus in the ICANN community that the At-Large elections should produce board directors who are technically knowledgeable and dedicated to preventing ICANN from moving beyond its technical mission into wider regulatory matters (e.g.
	www.caslon.com.au /icannprofile.htm (607 words)

	Internet Pro Radio \| icann.Blog :: ICANN
		This means that whatever ICANN publishes -- even an item it might wish to title 'Bret Fausett is a Big, Fat Idiot' -- will write to the upper left column of my icann blog.
		ICANN doesn't operate any registry infrastructure, and as far as I know, its contracts with registries and registrars don't require those companies to take instruction from ICANN about the disposition of individual domain names.
		ICANN has announced that it has a new RSS feed for news about Internationalized Domain Names (aka "IDNs").
	blog.lextext.com /blog/icann (1984 words)

	In These Times - ICANN: Secret Government of the Internet? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ICANN is a nonprofit corporation that was chartered by the U.S. Commerce Department to oversee a select set of Internet technical management functions previously managed by the federal government.
		Since ICANN controls the root server, it is technically feasible for this nearly anonymous organization to exercise a kind of life-or-death power over the global network.
		Specifically, the first nine ICANN board members (out of 19) were privately selected last fall for seats reserved for "support organizations" representing three different groups: Internet service providers, domain name registration companies and intellectual property interests concerned about protecting their brands online.
	www.inthesetimes.com /issue/24/12/hill2412.html (1012 words)

	All about ICANN
		ICANN’s most public move of late was to decide upon new domain names, and they chose ".biz" and ".info" with priority given to Trademark owners.
		However, ICANN’s main objective appears to be to write and enforce policy for the ownership and use of domain names worldwide, as exemplified by their recent move to have Latin American states adopt the UDRP.
		ICANN currently plays a number of roles for a number of powerful parties including large multinational corporations, the U.S. Government, and its allies, at the expense of individual rights.
	www.hasse.com /ICANN (1382 words)

	ICANN adds .jobs, .travel domains \| InfoWorld \| News \| 2005-04-08 \| By Grant Gross and Joris Evers, IDG News Service
		ICANN, the body that oversees technical matters related to the Internet, granted approval to requests from Tralliance Corp. to operate the.travel domain and from Employ Media LLC to operate.jobs during the 22nd ICANN International conference, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
		ICANN has a pool of 10 applications for other sponsored top-level domains, and the organization is in negotiations with groups wanting to offer.cat,.post and.mobi domains, according to an ICANN press release.
		In addition, the ICANN board and staff are also discussing five other sponsored top-level domains that have been proposed, including.asia,.tel and.XXX.
	www.infoworld.com /article/05/04/08/HNicann_1.html (1171 words)

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