[At-Large] ccTLD Redelegation

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight]

On 22 Sep 2008, at 20:22, John Levine wrote:

>> Why would the US dept. of Commerce be involved with the re-delegation
>> of a sovereign state's TLD?
>
> ICANN operates IANA under a contract with the USDOC.  I realize that
> there are people who wish it were otherwise, but that's the  
> structure that
> exists today, and the USDOC has made it quite clear that it's not  
> going
> to change any time soon.

John

Thanks for the clarification

I was aware of their influence over gTLDs but hadn't grasped their  
potential influence over ccTLDs

Regards

Michele



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