ICANNと米国商務省の契約更新

インターネット世界のドメインネームとIPアドレスの管理を担うICANN（the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers）と米国商務省が契約を更新、より国際化が促進された由。PCWorldNisiness CenterDavid Coursey | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:27 PM PDTU.S. Loosens Grip On ICANN, Domain Chaos To Follow?Tech Inciter The tech world according to David CourseyU.S. Loosens Grip On ICANN, Domain Chaos To Follow?The U.S. has relaxed its grip on the Internet, thanks to a new agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Widely hailed as an internationalization of Internet governance, the move could also make it more likely consumers will see a huge increase in Global Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).Until now, ICANN has largely been a creature of the U.S. Department of Commerce and has sometimes been criticized as a result. The new agreement between ICANN and the U.S. creates a new international management scheme, under which the U.S. has only a single seat at the negotiating table.ICANN controls the international domain name and IP address structure that gives the Internet its form. It is also the group that decides which gTLDs, such as .com, .net, and .org can be used.従来から、インターネットの米国管理に依存する部分に関して、国際化ないしは米国管理からの自由化の要請が強かった点、新規契約更新により改善されたとのこと。　それはそれで、国際的には歓迎される面がありながらも、新gTLD（Global Top-Level Domains）等が新規にどんどんレリースされることには、企業のドメインネーム防衛の面から、コストが増大するとかのコストの問題懸念が強く、かえって混乱招来の疑問をPCWでは投げかけていました。