Word: icann
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Wilson, whom ICANN sought out for the board, had served as vice president for research at the University of Michigan during the Internet's initial development. A former member of the National Commission on Research, Wilson also served as a charter member of the National Academy of Sciences' Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable...
...ICANN was incorporated in California and be headquartered in Los Angeles. However, says Armini, most of the work will be done over the Internet, meaning that Wilson will not be called away from Cambridge often...
Critics of ICANN...
Foremost is concern that the board of directorsof ICANN would have too much discretion inchoosing their successors...
...official position statement released lastweek, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), anInternet advocacy group, also criticized theproposal for lacking due process and free speechprotections. As ICANN would be a private entityrather than a government contractor, EFF argued,groups or corporations denied domain names wouldhave little recourse. Dyson is a board member ofEFF as well as the new corporation...