[WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [governance] US/ICANN agreement to be over

[William New]

I just wanted to add that I have covered the so-called "end of the US-ICANN
agreement" every time it has come up since the agreement was created, and
will be very surprised if it is not renewed yet again. In the past, the US
always has said that is "wants to give up" the controls vis a vis the MOU,
but then says that just a few more things must be accomplished first,
thereby renewing it. Maybe it's different this time! William New,
Intellectual Property Watch Geneva
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Marouen MRAIHI [mailto:mr.marouen at gmail.com] 
Sent: mardi, 1. août 2006 04:28
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org; WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
Subject: [governance] US/ICANN agreement to be over

The two most important news in this article in french is that
http://www.silicon.fr/getarticle.asp?ID=16191 :
- The US/ICANN agreement will be over on september 30
- Mr John Kneuer from the DoC said that they want to "give up" some of the
controls over internet to the private sector or the international community.
No more details on that.

The writer is wondering about the when/how and if the root servers will be
included in this transfer.

Marouen
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