30 Aug, 2007: IP Justice Comments on GNSO New GTLD Committee Recommendations: Proposal Would Create a Private Tyranny of Illegal Censorship and Illegitimate Authority at ICANN
"IP Justice supports the introduction of new generic top-level Internet domain names as quickly and as broadly as possible. However, we are deeply concerned about recommendations put forth by the GNSO New GTLD Committee (and ICANN) for evaluating applications will stifle free expression on the Internet. The recommendations would create a policy of censorship on the Internet where controversial and offensive ideas can be banned at the top-level, despite numerous longstanding national and international freedom of expression guarantees. The illegitimate system of governance proposed by the recommendations violates the sovereignty of nations and the civil rights of Internet users. ICANN usurps the rights of states to decide what ideas may be expressed within their borders and who ...

13 Aug, 2007: Netizens Encouraged to Weigh-In on Free Expression Concerns at ICANN
"ICANN announced Friday that a 21-day comment period has opened for the public to submit comments regarding ICANN's proposed policy for approving new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the Internet. The Keep The Core Neutral coalition (KTCN) has created a new Action Alert to guide supporters in submitting comments to ICANN. KTCN is concerned with policy recommendations for ICANN to reject domain names that others find to be offensive or immoral. KTCN calls on ICANN to refrain from making general policy decisions and to stick to its technical mission. KTCN launched in June 2007 and now has over 200 organizational and individual members from around the world. All coalition members have signed a petition urging ICANN to refrain from using non-technical ...

7 Aug, 2007: Internet Governance Forum 2006 Videos from “Imagining the Internet” Project
"Imagining the Internet", a video production of the Pew Internet Project and Elon University, published 27 interviews from the 2006 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens, Greece. The crew interviewed me in Athens, and 26 others, including ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf, IGF Secretariat Director Markus Kummer, Susy Struble of Sun MicroSystems, and Steve Ballinger from Amnesty International. Check out all 27 video interviews on the "Imagining the Internet" website. ..."