Intellectual Property Watch – US Congress Hearing All Positive On IANA Transition Process
The transition was not about giving away the internet, as one of the presidential candidates had described it, said Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice Coalition. Instead, it was “not sustainable for the US to hold that power forever in the post-Snowden world.”
DelBianco at the same time underlined that the role of governments had been diminished by the transition to an oversight by an “empowered community.” Governments have “lost influence” through obligations on consensus and a potential challenge of the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) advice implementation through a community process.