ICANN Writes US Government Requesting Independence

Combat Wombat writes with word that IP address and domain name overseer ICANN has put in a request to the US government, asking to be freed from ties to the United States. A 'lengthy' report was sent to the US Dept. of Commerce, and covers the numerous steps the organization has already completed along the road to independence. The BBC reports that a meeting will be held soon in response to the report, a reaction to the expected end of US control. "The meeting marks the half-way point for the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) under which ICANN was tasked to comply with a series of 'responsibilities' deemed necessary for its release from official oversight. The JPA grew out of the original Memorandum of Understanding that established Icann and signalled the beginning of the end for US control."

From the Office of His Imperial Majesty

[elrous0]

Dear ICANNN,

No.

Sincerely,
George W. Bush

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Some generals were getting a tour of the Internet

[MichaelCrawford]

... at one of the major backbone facilities. One of the generals asked the guide - who later related this to a class I took at Interop - how the MILNet could be separated from the rest of the Internet in times of war.

Before the guide could answer, another general replied:

Explosive bolts.

I hope you're all happy

[PinkyDead]

With all this time spent arguing about who should control the Internet and how everybody hates the US and how everybody loves the US and how the UN is corrupt and how the UN is not corrupt and how everyone except you is a communist and nobody's a communist and China is a big country and Europeans eat French food and Kim Jong Il wants to use the Internet to enslave all of mankind with sharks and laser beams; not once, not even one single time did anyone stop and ask ICANN what they wanted.

Shame on you all!

All your ICANN are belong to US

[imyy4u1]

Haha, for once the saying actually applies...literally. All your ICANN are belong to US.

Re:You mean.. like the United Nations?

[Chris Mattern]

If the UN is supposed to be a US puppet organization, all I can say is the US should demand its money back.

Re:You mean.. like the United Nations?

[KutuluWare]

Nobody put a gun to the head of the teenagers of the World and made them listen to Britney Spears, wear blue jeans and drink Starbucks coffee. For whatever reason American culture seems to be popular in parts of the World. I fail to see why we should apologize for that.

Well, if you won't, then please allow ME to personally apologize to the world for Britney Spears.

--K

You've got it all wrong

[TimeTraveler1884]

...the fact that the United States has global TLDs not ending in .us is really a priority that the World community needs to address.

I think you are missing the GP's point. He's saying that because the United States has global TLDs not ending in .us, we have the war in Iraq and genocide in Darfur. Which makes sense if you don't think about it.