Lex 8256: The Law in
Cyberspace Seminar
ICANN
ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers) is a huge topic, and we can only scratch the surface here.
In selecting the materials I'm asking you to read today, I want
simply to introduce ICANN and to focus on a single one of
the issues it has faced: whether, when and how to recognize new
top level domains, such as .UNION and .INFO, to compete with domains
such as .COM, .ORG, and .NET. Please read the
following:
- Kathleen
Fuller, ICANN:
The Debate over Regulating the Internet, 2001 Duke L. & Tech.
Rev. 2002 (iBrief)
- US Dept of Commerce,
"White Paper" on Management of Internet Names and Addresses
(1998) (Excerpts)
- Jon Weinberg, ICANN, Internet
Stability, and New Top Level Domains (2002)
- Michael
Froomkin, "A
Proposal for an Improbable Solution to the Problems of an Improbable
Body"
(Feb. 12, 2002)
- Karl Manheim & Lawrence Solum, sTLD Beauty
Contests: An Analysis And Critique Of The Proposed Criteria To Be Used
In The Selection Of New Sponsored TLDs (2003)
- ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization,
Initial Report
on Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (July 28, 2006)