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</style><title>Special Commission Calls for Internet Commissioner in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE</title></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass" contenteditable="false"><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass" style="line-height: 14px !important; color: black !important; text-align: left !important; " applecontenteditable="true">Dear ATRT2 colleagues!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass" contenteditable="false"><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass" style="line-height: 14px !important; color: black !important; text-align: left !important; " applecontenteditable="true"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass" contenteditable="false"><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass" style="line-height: 14px !important; color: black !important; text-align: left !important; " applecontenteditable="true">I found this interesting news from Germany's parliamentary commissions final report on the Internet and the Digital Society, after more than two years of discussions. </span></span><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass"><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass" style="line-height: 14px !important; text-align: left !important; ">The sub-report on "International and Internet Governance" </span></span><span style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px;">(in which Wolfgang Kleinwäcther represented local civil society and I attach herunder) makes a very interesting reading indeed on what Governments (or Parliaments) may think about ICANN governance. </span></span><span style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left; ">One of its recommendations on page 22 says (more or less):</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left; "><br></span></div><div><i>Currently, the structures of the Internet in the allocation of IP address blocks are under control of highly centralized organizations ICANN and IANA, and beyond that, also regulation of the top-level domains. In this way (internet) central functions are under direct control of the U.S. government. The Study Commission is in favor of a broader regulatory structure of ICANN and IANA. She wants a stronger commitment of the Federal (German) Government in this matter and a more active support of the activities of the European Union.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="line-height: 14px; ">(Original: </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman; font-size: 10pt; ">Derzeit sind die Strukturen des Internets im Bereich der
Vergabe von IP-Adressblöcken stark auf die Organisatio-
nen ICANN und IANA zentralisiert und darüber hinaus
auch die Regulierung der Top-Level-Domains. Damit un-
terstehen zentrale Funktionen dem direkten Durchgriff
der US-Regierung. Die Enquete-Kommission spricht sich
für eine breitere Aufsichtsstruktur von ICANN und IANA
aus. Sie wünscht sich ein stärkeres Engagement der Bun-
desregierung in dieser Sache und eine aktivere Unterstüt-
zung der Aktivitäten der Europäischen Union.)</span></i></div>
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<div class="column"><p><font face="TimesNewRoman"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> I attach the full sub-report but I'm still looking for a background </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">paper</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> often cited in the report produced by the </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">Parliaments</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> staff, which seems to have a great weight on the report and puts ICANN head to head against ITU.</span></font></p></div></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass" contenteditable="false"><span class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass" style="line-height: 14px !important; color: black !important; text-align: left !important; " applecontenteditable="true"></span></span></div></body></html>