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ICANN takes hits from lawmakersRisks Digest 22.90
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:08:16 -0400
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:30:32 -0700 From: "NewsScan" <newsscan () newsscan com> Subject: ICANN takes hits from lawmakers Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) is critical of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for not doing enough to stop scammers and child pornographers from registering under false names with stolen credit cards: "I'm disappointed with the failure of the marketplace and regulators to deal with this problem. A legislative solution seems necessary." And Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) agrees: "There's not a real seriousness of intent either by ICANN or the Department of Commerce to have an accurate whois database." Commerce Department General Counsel Theodore Kassinger says that ICANN is busy working on solving the problem. [Reuters/*USA Today*, 4 Sep 2003; NewsScan Daily, 5 September 2003] http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-09-04-net-id-checks_x.htm
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