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ICANN: Indian .in Domain In Works
Posted by Rebecca Bolin on Monday, September 13 @ 16:05:09 EDT Media Regulation
With so many domains already running for years now, it seems amazing India was left behind. Well, no longer. Our former colony has imperially decided that this former colony with a rapidly growing 22 million Internet users now deserves its own domain. The .in domain is now coming to the Internet.

The surrounding hype suggests that India has a "potential role" of leadership in this area. ICANN also notes that India's qualifications for a domain include "rule of law, a tremendous skill set, and strong commercial base."

Update (9/14): This story struck me as strange so I did some more research. ICANN's country code delegation seems fairly liberal, and India has actually had such a domain (.in) since 1989. The problem seems to be that there aren't enough registries because there are laws restricting its user base. To clarify, ICANN is taking the much more reasonable stand of hoping for wider use of .in.

 
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Re: ICANN: Indian .in Domain In Works (Score: 1)
by magister on Tuesday, September 14 @ 03:36:30 EDT
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I enjoy the idea of ICANN as a "former colony" on so many levels.

First, that we at one time "colonized" the internet. It creates a new idea of an imperial power - not owning physical space, but owning idea space. It does seem, strangely, possible to own, or at least govern, an idea space. As more and more technology must be governed by clear specifications to be palatable to mass markets and economies of scale, the importance of those specifications and who sets them will increase. No one thinks of Sony owning the walkman idea space, but the next generation of physical digital media storage has only recently emerged after extensive specification creation. While ICANN might have been a US colonial possession, the majority of idea space currently being created/found (interesting question there) is governed by corporations. It's 3:30 a.m., there must be a point here somewhere, but I'll pass for now.

Second, that ICANN is a "former" colony. To the extent that it ever was (even original bylaws show no alliegance to the US), it certainly is not now. But if the US doesn't govern it, then who does? Is ICANN a self-governing idea space?

When I started writing this, my ideas seemed much more intriguing. I'll admit they fizzled. I'd appreciate any comments on my comment.


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Re: ICANN: Indian .in Domain In Works (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14 @ 09:44:32 EDT
The .in domain actually has existed for a long time; it's just underutilized.


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Re: ICANN: Indian .in Domain In Works (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, September 18 @ 05:10:28 EDT
3rd world countries allways must to suffer thinks like that .

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