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ICANN the non profit governing body of the Internet has ended its years old agreement with the US department of Commerce. The deal, part of a contract negotiated with the US department of commerce, effectively pushes California-based ICANN towards a new status as an international body with greater representation from companies and governments around the globe. This comes in the wake of a renewed demand especially from Europe for America to accede control of the Internet which has become a

October 2nd, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment After 11 years, the not-for-profit group Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers–which we all know as ICANN–is becoming more independent.ICANN has managed internet domain names since 1998, but up until now had been closely tied to the US Department of Commerce. Going forward ICANN will… …operate as a more independent entity. Other governments and the private sector will now have a greater say in how domains will be managed. The Commerce

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body responsible for managing Internet domain names, has announced it will no longer be controlled by the U.S. government. ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce signed an agreement today supporting the model of international multi-stakeholder governance of the global Internet addressing system. ICANN was created in 1998 to manage the Internet's addressing system such as top-level domain-names and IP address space. The g

With a day to go before the joint project agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the United States Department of Commerce (DoC) is set to expire, calls for continuous US oversight role have been reiterated by US politicians and private-sector representatives who reason that this oversight is especially needed in the face of the planned introduction of new internet top-level domains like .shop.ICANN is a “captured regulator,” the Coalition Against Do

CADNA Calls for Full-Scale Audit of ICANN WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With just over a week left before the expiration of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Department of Commerce, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) urges the US government to closely re-examine ICANN’s structure, governance, and oversight mechanisms before committing to any further long-term cooperation. Significant a