Last week we wrote a post on what our predictions were for the President elect Obama’s administration as it relates to the domain industry.
One of our predictions was that the new administration would let ICANN go from US control.
Today a The Australian IT published an article, already putting the pressure on the new administration to give up control of ICANN.
Australian IT is a widely read publication, (Alexa ranking of 507; Compete.com monthly traffic estimate of 1.6 million people).
“”””Twomey (head of ICANN) is Australian, a former McKinsey consultant and one-time senior Australian tech bureaucrat, and his main Washington lobbyist, Paul Levins, is also an Aussie.
“”””It will be a job well done if they can convince Obama to finally release ICANN from the clutches of the US Government.”””””
Expect this to be a big issue in the coming year since ICANN agreement with the US commerce Department is up for review next September.
Yes, well, as long as the Australians don’t get any part of any control of ICANN what with their recent and well publicized censorship plans of Australian ISPs on their resume.
Greg B. is spot on – long as the Australians don’t get any part of any control of ICANN what with their recent and well publicized censorship plans of Australian ISPs on their resume.
move it to Canada 🙂
while not perfect, certainly safer than the current situation.
cheers.