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Stop Obama’s Internet Giveaway

by killwhitey on 3/21/16, 7:25 PM with 16 comments

• by daveloyall on 3/21/16, 9:05 PM

  I don't really follow ICANN news. I have some vague idea that they've made some questionable moves over the past several years.

  I know nothing of the Obama administration's involvement.

  Could somebody translate the article into a form I understand? ICANN manages the sale/assignment of IP addresses and manages the Root DNS Servers, right?

  How does USA currently control them and what does the proposed change mean?

• by rndmize on 3/21/16, 9:12 PM

  Wasn't able to read the article since it was paywalled, but I'd guess this Economist piece is on the same matter: http://www.economist.com/news/international/21693922-organis...

• by dtf on 3/21/16, 10:09 PM

  "The Internet as we know it won’t survive if other governments get their way."

  Here's a quick recap from TechDirt on the kind of Internet the author of this article would prefer:

  https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=gordon+crovitz

• by alricb on 3/21/16, 9:47 PM

  Background:

  http://www.ipjustice.org/internet-governance/ip-justice-jour...

• by wcummings on 3/21/16, 8:53 PM

  >It’s up to Congress to block a surrender that could give control to authoritarian rulers.

  Oh, the irony!

• by dev1n on 3/21/16, 8:38 PM

  google link to bypass paywall [1]

  [1]:https://www.google.com/#q=http:%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%...