Stop Obama’s Internet Giveaway

32 points by killwhitey 10 years ago | 16 comments

daveloyall 10 years ago |

I don't really follow ICANN news. I have some vague idea that they've made some questionable moves over the past several years.

I know nothing of the Obama administration's involvement.

Could somebody translate the article into a form I understand? ICANN manages the sale/assignment of IP addresses and manages the Root DNS Servers, right?

How does USA currently control them and what does the proposed change mean?

rndmize 10 years ago |

Wasn't able to read the article since it was paywalled, but I'd guess this Economist piece is on the same matter: http://www.economist.com/news/international/21693922-organis...

daveloyall 10 years ago | |

wow it's a very, very different article! Try pasting the original url into the Google News search box in an incognito window.

dtf 10 years ago |

"The Internet as we know it won’t survive if other governments get their way."

Here's a quick recap from TechDirt on the kind of Internet the author of this article would prefer:

https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=gordon+crovitz

alricb 10 years ago |

Background:

http://www.ipjustice.org/internet-governance/ip-justice-jour...

wcummings 10 years ago |

>It’s up to Congress to block a surrender that could give control to authoritarian rulers.

Oh, the irony!

dublinben 10 years ago | |

If you know anything about the farce that is the UN Human Rights Council[0], the idea of some international coalition of governments having any control over the fundamental infrastructure of the internet should be concerning. All things considered, the IANA has been in good hands under the purview of ICANN and the US Department of Commerce.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Co...

dev1n 10 years ago |

google link to bypass paywall [1]

[1]:https://www.google.com/#q=http:%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%...

Mithaldu 10 years ago | |

I honestly like that its paywalled. If it were important it wouldn't be. Saves time.

ikeboy 10 years ago | |

https://archive.is/AihZ5

jedberg 10 years ago | |

Only if your IP hasn't hit it already. They switched from cookie to IP based tracking (or some combo at least).

EwanG 10 years ago | |

Which takes me to a google search page with the article as the top link, and when I click it I still get the paywall. Something I'm missing?

leohutson 10 years ago | | |

Try opening the Google link in incognito. Or don't, it's not really worth the effort to read such a biased piece.

dev1n 10 years ago | | |

That's odd. The idea is that WSJ allows non-paywalled referrals from google so I figured posting the link to the google search would help. Sorry about that. I don't know why it's still paywalled for you..

icpmacdo 10 years ago | | |

incognito and whitelist WSJ from ad blockers