Well … ICANN is a private (albeit non-profit) organization. Terminating the NTIA contract removes the last vestige of public (i.e. governmental) control. Perhaps it is just an American linguistic phrase but it is not inaccurate from the US legal perspective ….
Paul
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Subject: Re: US Congress Hearing on “Privatizing IANA” - Thursday, March 17 (Live Video Feed Available)
We are “privatising” the IANA functions?
Ayden
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The US congress hearing on privatizing IANA is taking place TODAY at
10:15 am EDT, or 1415 UTC, with live video feed:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160316_us_congress_hearing_ on_privatizing_iana_march_17_ live_feed/
Here's direct link to the live video feed:
http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iana
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Tapani Tarvainen
Ayden Férdeline
