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...says Voith, who added that political propaganda can be a powerful tool in influencing what voters think of candidates.Voith and Gadgil were also involved in the one small scandal that has marred this year’s race. On November 19, The Crimson discovered that the domain name www.haddockriley.com had been registered under Voith’s name. Voith and Gadgil maintain that the domain name was purchased by a member of their staff without consulting either candidate.“The minute we figured out this had happened...we immediately called Haddock’s campaign...
...make the vast majority of recent academic work (journal articles and the like) available, probably because most scholarly journals already digitize their content—with their authors’ consent. And as for the great classics of world literature? Most of those are already in the public domain and wouldn’t require a publisher’s permission anyway...
...controls the flow of the ocean.” Yet it must be possible to control the Internet in some way. Currently an American company known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) handles many aspects of Internet governance. It controls the assignment of domain names, Internet Protocol numbers, and country specific extensions (like .ca for Canada and .de for Germany). ICANN was founded in 1998 by the Clinton administration and operates, at least in theory, free from the interference of the U.S. government, although ICANN does have a “memorandum of understanding?...
According to the Internet domain registering website Whois.com, two websites were registered under Voith’s name on Nov. 19. Voith is registered as the administrator for VoithGadgil.com and HaddockRiley.com...
...some heady aims. The most controversial issue going into the summit was who should control the Internet, which is currently managed by the California-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a non-profit company set up by the U.S. Department of Commerce to oversee the use of domain names, addresses and country domain suffixes. Although technology firms such as Google, IBM and Microsoft testified that ICANN is doing a good job with no interference, ever, from the U.S. government, developing countries insisted that the Internet should be managed by a multinational body such as the UN. The issue...