What's in a name? ICANN and the Net name game

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Internet name commission, ICANN, recently attempted to create regulations allowing companies to avoid lengthy, expensive law suits over online name registration. But the Net name problem extends beyond the issue of cybersquatting, Sally Watson considers the solutions...

By Sally Watson

Monday 06 September 1999

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