05-29-2006, 12:50 PM
BW has an article on the ICM Registry's battle with ICANN and the lawsuit ICM filed against the US Commerce Department:
full article: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/c...978121.htm
Quote:At the heart of the .xxx domain row is whether the U.S. exerts undue ideological influence over how the global Internet is governed.
None of ICANN's ruling-committee members cited pressure from conservative groups or the Commerce Dept. as a reason for voting against the .xxx domain. But ICM Registry begs to differ and says a decision made on ideological grounds is illegitimate. "Commerce has been treating ICANN, an independent nonprofit, like a government agency without the authority to do so," says Stuart Lawley, Chairman and President of ICM Registry.
PROTEST LETTERS. ICM Registry isn't alone in that view. Members of the international community believe that ICANN should answer to an international body like the U.N., rather than to a U.S. government agency. The .xxx debate, they say, is an example of how the U.S. is mishandling its charge by letting domestic politics interfere with the Internet...
full article: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/c...978121.htm