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[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform
ICANN: A Blueprint for Reform
 http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/blueprint-20jun02.htm

ICANN Outlines Its Evolution 
The Internet oversight body draws up a plan for its future survival,
saying it wants to keep making domain-name policy. Meanwhile, U.S.
politicians criticize ICANN for taking on too much power.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53410,00.html

ICANN, Dotted With Doubts
Questions about who should control the Internet's complex global
addressing system are mounting as the current governing body weighs
whether to do away with plans for international elections to its
board.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14090-2002Jun19.html

Wrestlers lose name to WWF
Environmentalists won their final bout against the world of beefcake
wrestlers on Monday as Britain's top court ruled that the World
Wildlife Fund, not the World Wrestling Federation, owned the WWF
initials.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/18/britain.wrestling.reut/index.html

Internet's thinkers warn of policy effect on Internet development
The Internet's potential for promoting expression and empowering
citizens is under threat from corporate and government policies that
clash with the medium's long-standing culture of openness, some
leading Internet thinkers warn.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3510996.htm

Bush Presses Supremes on Filters 
Even though a law requiring libraries to install smut filters has
been struck down, President Bush puts pressure on the Supreme Court
to revive the plan.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53389,00.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53378,00.html

The Librarian's Web Dilemma
How do libraries give adults a free run of the Internet while
shielding children from material that may be inappropriate?
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20FILT.html

Jailed Man Removes Disputed Site 
A Seattle man jailed for 111 days in a free-speech standoff with a
judge takes down his website but vows to continue his fight in court.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53392,00.html

Teachers Wanna Hold a Handheld 
Educators look to handhelds, not laptops or desktop PCs, as the way
to achieve a one-to-one ratio of students to computers.
 http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,53329,00.html

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