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ICANN Faces Pressure From Friends and Foes

My latest Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, BBC version, homepage version) highlights the growing frustration with ICANN’s accountability and transparency. The column highlights the many policy issues associated with Internet governance and notes that over the past month even ICANN’s most ardent supporters have begun to express doubts about the organization' s lack of transparency and accountability. 

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April 4, 2006 Comments are Disabled Columns

Daily Nation (Kenya)

Daily Nation (Kenya)

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April 3, 2006 1 comment Columns

South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post

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April 3, 2006 1 comment Columns

What Might Conservative Copyright Look Like?

With the House of Commons back in session this week, I have an op-ed in this week's Hill Times that focuses on how a Conservative government intent on adopting a market-oriented policy approach might treat copyright reform.  The column notes that there is the potential that history may repeat itself […]

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April 2, 2006 1 comment Columns

Beyond Google

The Department of Justice’s subpoena of Google search data generated considerable attention last month with a judge ultimately ordering disclosure of only a fraction of what the U.S. government initally demanded.  At the time, the coverage noted that Google was not the only target with similar requests to AOL, Microsoft, […]

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March 30, 2006 1 comment News