Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:30:32 -0700
From: "NewsScan" <newsscan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ICANN takes hits from lawmakers
Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) is critical of ICANN (the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for not doing enough to stop
scammers and child pornographers from registering under false names with
stolen credit cards: "I'm disappointed with the failure of the marketplace
and regulators to deal with this problem. A legislative solution seems
necessary." And Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) agrees: "There's not a real
seriousness of intent either by ICANN or the Department of Commerce to have
an accurate whois database." Commerce Department General Counsel Theodore
Kassinger says that ICANN is busy working on solving the problem.
[Reuters/*USA Today*, 4 Sep 2003; NewsScan Daily, 5 September 2003]
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-09-04-net-id-checks_x.htm