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ICANN is supposed to be the organization that holds the internet together but I’m becoming increasingly skeptical about its ability to actually do anything. If you break an ICANN rule you don’t go to jail. And in reality prison or violence is the most effective mode of rule enforcement. ICANN has no real legal authority to enforce any of its rules. This is why I’m a firm believer in the eventual fragmentation (sounds better than fracturing) of the internet. The people who run it now will be completely ineffective when governments decide they have had enough and finally nationalize their own networks.
Let’s take for example the abuse of domain names by registrars. Registrars are businesses sanctioned by ICANN to legally buy and sell domain names for customers. But Bob Parsons explains how these registrars abuse this right to the detriment of all internet users. What has ICANN done to prevent this? Nothing. It’s impossible that a system like this could continue to function in the next 10 years.
I believe may be right, however, plese keep up the pressure on ICANN. Private citizens don’t have much affect on these organizations. You do!!
Thanks,
rg
I sent an email to my friends at ICANN. They agreed it was a problem. But lets see if anything will actually get done.
i am really interested to see their reply too