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    - The 'Unsettled Paradox': The Internet, the State, and the Consent of the Governed

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    ICANN As Seen By an ISP
    On July 30th, 2008 with 0 comments
    Dreamhost is a major US-based ISP with a somewhat irreverant blogging style. ...
    Section: Main > RegistrarsLaugh (or Cry)

    Avast, Earthlink
    On April 24th, 2008 with 4 comments
    Ryan Singel, writing for WiReD's Threat Level weblog (can we please go back to...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    ICANN: the Off-Broadway Musical
    On March 31st, 2007 with 0 comments
    VBD writes "ICANN: the off broadway musicalI once had the greatest respect for...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    ICANN PR Outdoes Itself
    On March 29th, 2007 with 3 comments
    It's a very tough competition, but I nominate the following headline and...
    Section: Main > ICANN MeetingsLaugh (or Cry)

    Unfortunate Domain Names (part 2)
    On January 29th, 2007 with 0 comments
    You have to wonder what they were...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    ICANN Conquers New Worlds...?
    On December 13th, 2006 with 0 comments
    Rik Panganiban's blog has published a "news release" from ICANN in which the...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    My Dinner With ICANN
    On December 7th, 2006 with 0 comments
    Another report from the ICANN meeting in Sao Paulo: My Dinner With ICANN (or,...
    Section: Main > ICANN MeetingsLaugh (or Cry)

    GNSO's ISP constituency fails to renew its own domain name
    On September 9th, 2006 with 6 comments
    As we await the London School of Economics' heavily vetted report on the GNSO...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Board Resolutions Don't Mean A Thing
    On June 22nd, 2006 with 1 comments
    Bret Fausett has the details, and they're worth reading, but the key point is...
    Section: Main > Board of DirectorsLaugh (or Cry)

    ICANN Really Doesn't Want to Hear From You
    On May 24th, 2006 with 1 comments
    Even for ICANN, this one is pretty...
    Section: Main > Budget and ExpendituresLaugh (or Cry)

    ICANN's Strategic Objectives Revealed
    On March 19th, 2006 with 6 comments
    Here's an unofficial peek in to ICANN's upcoming strategic objectives.On the...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)The Big Picture

    What the World Needs Now?
    On November 26th, 2005 with 1 comments
    Nathan Braun writes "Want to solve cybercrime, spam and viruses? Just...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Suing Yourself For Cybersquatting
    On October 29th, 2005 with 27 comments
    jberryhill writes "It's hard to top the story of the week, but those patent...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Caught in the act
    On July 16th, 2005 with 3 comments
    ICANN's Board and staff moving the goalposts once...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    gTLD proposal to limit Internet fraud
    On July 4th, 2005 with 2 comments
    "[Emboldened by the ICANN Board's approval of .XXX, an anonymous reader...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    The Caribbean moves to Europe
    On May 6th, 2005 with 56 comments
    Kieren McCarthy writes "Maybe everyone already knew this but I only just found...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)Country-Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs)

    And the Winner Is....
    On April 19th, 2005 with 39 comments
    jberryhill writes "World Readable888 E. Belvidere Road #218Grayslake, IL...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    $369 later
    On April 7th, 2005 with 0 comments
    For a quick tour through certain byzantine byproducts of ICANN's fumbling...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Why Internet Governance is Hard
    On December 2nd, 2004 with 0 comments
    It's all a set of puzzles. (Kudos to HF, who found...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Vint Cerf sends in the clowns
    On July 20th, 2004 with 6 comments
    It's all good is the woolly theme of an eWeek op-ed by ICANN supremo Vint Cerf....
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    CDT doggedly advocates reform
    On July 15th, 2004 with 4 comments
    The Center for Democracy and technology (a/k/a CDT), a player with a long if...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Quote of the day
    On May 30th, 2004 with 0 comments
    Who said it? "I was shocked... Everyone seemed to be in bed with everyone else....
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    How to get a new top-level domain approved by ICANN
    On April 23rd, 2004 with 21 comments
    Andy Oram writes "Readers should find this explanation amusing, although they...
    Section: Main > gTLDs hoping to enter the legacy rootsTLDs hoping to enter legacy rootLaugh (or Cry)

    AT&T Sells Marilyn Cade to FBI for $10 million
    On April 1st, 2004 with 8 comments
    Milton Mueller writes "Following closely on the heels of its AT&T Wireless...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Beyond Belief
    On March 11th, 2004 with 2 comments
    Just when you think you've seen everything: proof that you haven't. Dear...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    We're the Diplomats
    On March 10th, 2004 with 11 comments
    Think we here at ICANNWatch are tough on ICANN? We're not the ones who run...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)ICANNWatch.org

    mikerowesoft.com redux
    On February 8th, 2004 with 0 comments
    fnord writes "Mike Rowe, the 17 year old Canadian who ran afoul of MicroSoft...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Who knew the WIPO would provide such a windfall?
    On February 2nd, 2004 with 3 comments
    dmehus writes "Langley, B.C., resident Mike Rowe, the 17-year-old hobbyist Web...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    I think you misspelled "MEAWGHTH"
    On January 18th, 2004 with 5 comments
    Which, of course, is pronounced "MOFT," as in meME + AWful + lauGH + THames....
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

    Sauce for the Goose, but not the Gander
    On January 9th, 2004 with 1 comments
    Recall the Peta.org case in which PETA wrenched back PETA.org from People...
    Section: Main > Laugh (or Cry)

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