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"The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN's) regulatory authority" [2019] ELECD 577; in Mahler, Tobias (ed), "Generic Top-Level Domains" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 95

Book Title: Generic Top-Level Domains

Editor(s): Mahler, Tobias

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 6

Section Title: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) regulatory authority

Number of pages: 16

Abstract/Description:

Chapter 6 discusses whether, and to what degree, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has, or should have, a clear authority to regulate actors involved in the use of the Domain Name System (DNS). This analysis is based on relevant provisions of the ICANN Bylaws. The two key arguments in this chapter are as follows: First, the limits of ICANN’s authority to regulate are of crucial importance for the Internet’s future development and regulation, as ICANN’s factual regulation potential seems almost unlimited. Second, it is unsatisfactory that the current version of ICANN’s Bylaws does not sufficiently clarity these limits.