Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Obama wants the government to veto the creation of Internet domains

United States President Barack Obama wants to give more power to governments to decide which new Internet domains should be introduced. The administration proposal would give veto power. The initiative would alter the functioning of the agency that regulates this issue, ICANN. This is a non-profit organization, governed by the law of California and whose activities are overseen by the Commerce Department.

Obama administration argues that if governments can stop the introduction of a domain that will prevent oppose then when you have activated certain countries block access to it causing the fragmentation of the Internet. ICANN has approved portfolio of hundreds of new domains. There is, for example, devoted to porn sites (.

Xxx) who has seven years of discussions. Another controversial issue Domoni. gay because there are two organizations that are postulated to be managers and is difficult to assess the merits of each to achieve. In addition there are countries that expressly preclude their existence. But Obama's proposal, unspoken, is another derivative.

For years, several countries, like India and China, promoting remove ICANN Internet governance and give it to a United Nations organization. This proposal is justified because in this way will void the U.S. influence over ICANN. An influence that has its origins in the early Internet, when it was the U.S.

administration itself which it managed. But this proposal concerns the ManterĂ­a experts because they believe that if diplomacy comes in the daily management of the Internet is concerned it will lose speed and give a voice to countries such as China, engaged in systematic censorship of the Net With regard to expanding domains, ICANN maintains that encourage innovation on the Internet.

Not all share. "It is not clear what value is added to the Net does seem obvious that generate business for some because many companies see the need to purchase new domains to protect their brands," said Joao Damas, expert system Domain Name (DNS, for its acronym in English).

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