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Governments, Privatization, And Privatization: Icann And The Gac, Jonathan Weinberg
Governments, Privatization, And Privatization: Icann And The Gac, Jonathan Weinberg
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sets the rules for the Internet addressing systems that make it possible for users to send email, view webpages, or otherwise connect to Internet resources. Its most visible function is to supervise the domain name system, which identifies Internet resources by "domain names" such as "wayne.edu" or "threecats.net." ICANN's control gives it authority over how domain names are structured and what they look like; it gives it regulatory and economic power over a substantial set of businesses involved with Internet addressing.[...] What kind of organization, then, is ICANN? It is in …