Begin forwarded message:
From: Tom Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 5, 2006 2:31:40 AM EDT
To: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: poss. for IP?
Prof. Farber:
From today's Guardian:
"Efforts to remove the US government's historical stranglehold on the
internet will kick off again today.
[...]
Icann operates under a contract with the US department of commerce, a
situation that has made other countries suspicious. Even though the
American government claims never to have directly interfered with
Icann's activities the Department of Commerce has become embroiled in
controversy over its alleged role in the blocking of a request to
create a new .xxx top-level domain."
Full article at http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/
0,,1812343,00.html .
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Tom Yates - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.teaparty.net
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