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Supporting ICANN is hardly working in the name of "good". Sure, working with ICANN may not be associated with "evil". However to those in the know, it is asso
by anonymous 13y ago
Supporting ICANN is hardly working in the name of "good".
Sure, working with ICANN may not be associated with "evil".
However to those in the know, it is associated with greed under the guise of "service to the public".
Personally, I'd prefer a world where ICANN, namely the centralization and commercialization of domain names to benefit a select few insiders and an array of parasitic sleazebags, gave way to a non-antagonistic naming system harmonized with trademark law and actually run transparently as a public service, for the public benefit.
- contingencies 13y agoHowever to those in the know, it is associated with greed under the guise of "service to the public". Don't forget a US-centric internet, far more readily controlled and manipulated by that state than any other.
- snowwrestler 13y agoI have heard exactly zero accusations that ICANN is doing anything to control or manipulate the Internet for the good of the U.S. None of the recent revelations about Prism, tapping cables, etc. have anything to do with ICANN.
- marshray 13y agoWhen you hear other countries talking about "US control over the internet" they're largely talking about ICANN. But I agree that they're not "The Man" per se. Though I assume they're co-opted to the core.