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But some question whetherr thisnew entity, called the , really will be able to speak for the Internet community as a whole. The agencyu will control how domain name disputesxare settled, the cost of Web addresses and the typez of domain names to be allowed on the Web. Organizerz hope to have it up and running in Los Angeledby Oct. 1, though at press time no one coulr say who would serve onits board.
It is beint set up by the Internet AssignedNumbers Authority, a Los Angeles-based governmen t agency that decides how domaijn names are organized; and by , a Virginia-based firm charged with the registration of domain It's unclear whether will continue to exisg or Network Solutions will retain its contract. In June, the Clintoj administration said that the federal governmengt would give up its authority of the domain name systemm and hand it over tothe "Internet community.
" The move was applaudexd by many who want to see the Net governed by private But the government didn't specify who woulf represent the Internet community under the new system--only that a nonprofit agency should be created to take over the domaih name system after its contract with Networjk Solutions runs out Oct. 1. Now IANA and Network Solutionw are scrambling to create a nonprofit organization in time to meet that according toJoe Sims, an attorney for He said it has not been decided how boardf members will be selected. "That's a tricky he said. "It's not clear how that'sd going to happen yet." IANA is accepting nominationd for aninterim board.
More information is availabl at . Meanwhile, IANA and Network Solutions have draftedf bylaws and a constitution for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Namesand Numbers. And the Globalo Internet Project, an international coalition ofInternet companies, is pledging $500,000 toward an unspecified nonprofit agency that will take over authorityy of the domain name Representatives of IANA and Network Solutions say it's theirr understanding that the money will be going towardx their new nonprofit.
"[GIP's] hope was to stargt some seed money that would somehoew be used for the new nonprofi t corporation which was the subject of the IANA saidChris Clough, director of corporatew communications and policy for Network Solutions. But a representativre of GIP, whose membership list includes NetscapeCommunicationws Corp. and IBM, said the organizatiobn does not know exactly where the moneywill go. It may not be goingv to Internet Corporation for Assigned Nameszand Numbers.
"Right now, I don't thini that linkage can be made," said Bob vice president of the Information Technology Association of the Virginia-based trade association where GIP'sx administrative offices are housed. He serves as a spokesman for GIP. Because the federal government never specified who wouled take control of the domainname system, the procesx of creating a nonprofit has been engulfed in controversy. "Peoplw feel like folks like IANAand [director Jon] Postek are trying to tilt the process and get too much said Harry Hochheiser, a boar member of Palo Alto-based Computer Professionale for Social Responsibility.
"There are all these questions about what's really going on," he said, addingf that as long as seriousquestions remain, the government should consider delaying the shifgt of power. "Who are they meeting with? Who are they accountable to?" he "These need to be answereds before the government hands it over to aprivate entity."
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