EU Internet governance proposal raises US objections

Iria · Oct 7, 2005, 05:20 AM

A European Union proposal to create a new governing body for the Internet has prompted objections from a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers.

Four senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration urging the U.S. government to maintain support for current Internet governance.

Assignment of domain names should remain under U.S. authority, with the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) continuing to have responsibility for allocating IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, the four said.

“Given the Internet’s importance to the world’s economy, it is essential that the underlying domain name system of the Internet remains stable and secure,” the letter said. “As such, the United States should take no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the effective and efficient operation of the domain name system. Therefore, the United States should maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file.”
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	EU Internet governance proposal raises US objections A European Union proposal to create a new governing body for the Internet has prompted objections from a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers. Four senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration urging the U.S. government to maintain support for current Internet governance. Assignment of domain names should remain under U.S. authority, with the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) continuing to have responsibility for allocating IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, the four said. “Given the Internet’s importance to the world’s economy, it is essential that the underlying domain name system of the Internet remains stable and secure,” the letter said. “As such, the United States should take no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the effective and efficient operation of the domain name system. Therefore, the United States should maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file.” ____________ Read More / Source: Macworld