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zach · 08-24-2006, 08:49 PM

ICANN has HUGE shortcomings, which I will list really quickly:

1. Accountability: It has little if any oversight (the Department of Commerce basically rubberstamps everythING that ICANN does anyway).

2. Representation: ICANN has desolved At-large membership to the board of representatives, meaning that there is no user representation at the policy-making level of icann

3. U.S. control - ICANN has minimized the importance of the government advisory council (they can only make suggestions). However, ICANN operates under authority of the department of commerce, and so it will follow U.S. policy.

4. Monopolisation - ICANN is non-profit, but have a massive budget. They are also a monopoly, with all the disadvantages of monopolisation.

5. ICANN seems to operate under tremendous commercial lobby whilst ignoring user interests.

There are others, but thats just a quick overview of the problems that I have with ICANN.

Zach

08-24-2006, 08:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
zach Administrator Posts: 872 Join Date: Jun 2006 Number of Domains: hundreds Trader Rating: (3)	ICANN has HUGE shortcomings, which I will list really quickly: 1. Accountability: It has little if any oversight (the Department of Commerce basically rubberstamps everythING that ICANN does anyway). 2. Representation: ICANN has desolved At-large membership to the board of representatives, meaning that there is no user representation at the policy-making level of icann 3. U.S. control - ICANN has minimized the importance of the government advisory council (they can only make suggestions). However, ICANN operates under authority of the department of commerce, and so it will follow U.S. policy. 4. Monopolisation - ICANN is non-profit, but have a massive budget. They are also a monopoly, with all the disadvantages of monopolisation. 5. ICANN seems to operate under tremendous commercial lobby whilst ignoring user interests. There are others, but thats just a quick overview of the problems that I have with ICANN. Zach __________________ Sig: Before I post on Domain Social, I read the rules!