The Singapore ICANN meeting (ICANN #52) is an inflection point in the IANA stewardship transition. The numbers and protocols processes have proceeded relatively smoothly, though not without minor hiccups, and reasonable proposals have been developed and are being reviewed. The names process, predictably, is taking longer. On the whole, the...
[Editors note: Please welcome Farzaneh Badii, from Hamburg University's Graduate School in Law and Economics, who joins Syracuse University's iSchool and the IGP as a Visiting Doctoral Student for the next six months.] “Lord, deliver us from all evil and from French state justice.”[1] This was the French farmers’ prayer once...
As the new year dawns a new IANA is emerging, but the outlines are still blurry. IGP has reviewed all the public comments submitted in response to the CWG's draft proposal. The results can be seen directly here. Two-thirds (67%) of the comments directly addressing the issue supported the core...
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