MANAGING THE DIGITAL ENTERPRISE
CASE STUDY: ICANN
About ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed in 1998 to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities. [Source: ICANN]
Things to read:
Questions to consider:
Hungry minds:
The End of the Experiment: How ICANN's Foray into Global Internet Democracy Failed
John G. Palfrey, Jr.Wrong Turn in Cyberspace: Using ICANN to Route Around the APA and the Constitution
A. Michael FroomkinICANN and the Problem of Legitimacy
Jonathan Weinberg
ICANN, Internet Stability, and New Top Level Domains
Jonathan Weinberg
Related topics:
Governance
Course information:
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