Jim Dixon wrote:
Nevertheless, what has happened here demonstrates a basic flaw at the heart of the domain name system. ICANN and many essential Internet resources remain subject to US jurisdiction. ICANN itself is just a California corporation, so it is subject to the passing whims of the California legislature as well as those of Congress, the executive branches, and various and sundry US state and federal courts.
right. it should be icann.int instead of icann.org - while the UN has it's seat in new york, it can at least keep a front of not being a long arm of the US government. incidently - all the DNS crazyness may lead to a "new regionalism". I know for a fact that the next domains I register will be .de domains, not .net or .org as my current ones all are. actually, I plan to operate a (small but) worldwide business on a .de domain. primary reason: not to get fucked over by some <censored> who decides on a windy morning that cyberspace is a state of the USofAssholes.