"A global 'private' regime governing the Domain Name System (DNS)" [2019] ELECD 573; in Mahler, Tobias (ed), "Generic Top-Level Domains" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 16

Book Title: Generic Top-Level Domains

Editor(s): Mahler, Tobias

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 2

Section Title: A global ‘private’ regime governing the Domain Name System (DNS)

Number of pages: 24

Abstract/Description:

Chapter 2 introduces the private regime governing the domain name system (DNS), including some of the regulatory issues regarding the DNS. It shows how ICANN has evolved as the key actor in its governance. The actors involved in the registration and use of domain names include Internet users, as well as several other categories of actors involved in the registration and use of domain names. This chapter also serves to introduce some of the regulatory issues discussed below. This chapter introduces ICANN and its role in the DNS’s governance and regulation. A brief historical overview shows the diminishing influence of the US government over the DNS, and the evolution of a global private regulatory regime outside traditional categories of domestic or international law.