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« Who Really Killed Jesus | Main | Grading Kerrynomics » February 27, 2004Lawsuit!VeriSign, which operates the .com and .net Internet addressing system, is suing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It's a battle royale for control of the Net. Well, not exactly, but it is a significant lawsuit and if it results in ICANN being reined in a bit, that'll be a good thing. If it results in less quasi-governmental interference in the technology and Internet industries, that will be a very good thing for the American economy and for the average Internet user. Free2Innovate.net, a new-ish blog that appears to cover the intersection of business and government regulation as it impacts cutting-eduge technologies related to the Internet, has a good round-up of coverage of the suit, filed today. Start here and scroll. Posted in Internet & Technology
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It's REINED, not reigned. We got rid of royalty in this country several years ago. You good ol' boys in Tennessee can't remember you drive a horse with reins, and stop by pulling on them? Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive at February 27, 2004 10:04 AMI've written two things of relevance here. Trackback isn't enabled (why?), so I'll just mention them here: 1) a brief history of the ICANN/Verisign relationship. Brief, despite the length, because it's a long, sordid story. and 2) some commentary pertaining to your (Bill's) opinion on this and our discussion in the previous thread. Posted by: Chris Wage at February 28, 2004 01:54 AMAgghh... ICANN being restrained in favor of Verisign is **NOT A GOOD THING!** Read up on some of the problems Sitefinder caused, and especially the potential breaches of security/privacy. These are the people you're rooting for?! Posted by: Mason at February 28, 2004 02:54 PMPost a comment
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