Icann and the Problem of Legitimacy

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ID5773797
AuthorsJonathan Weinberg (corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume50
Issue1
Pages187-187
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDuke Law Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-7086 • E-ISSN: 1939-9111
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1373114
OpenAlexW3124399544
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited1

Two years ago, an entity called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was formed to take control of the Internet's infrastructure of domain name and IP address identifiers.Private parties formed ICANN at the behest of the U.S. government; the government is currently using its considerable resources to cement ICANN's authority over the domain name space.ICANN's role is one generally played in our society by public entities.It is setting rules for an international communications medium of surpassing importance.That task had historically been performed by a U.S. government contractor in an explicitly public-regarding manner.ICANN is addressing important public policy issues.Further, it is implementing some of its choices via means that look uncannily like commandand-control regulation.If ICANN is to establish its legitimacy, it must be able to answer the charge that its exercise of authority is inconsistent with our ordinary understandings about public power and public policymaking.In developing structures, procedures, and rhetoric to establish its own legitimacy, ICANN has drawn on techniques that parallel the

Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

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