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Some commentators fear this paper has the elements to create a government backed entity that would take control over the root zone from ICANN. The fear is that under the guise of "public policy concerns" any country in the GAC could overturn the application of any new [[gTLD]], thereby putting the expansion of the root zone at the whim of any repressive government.  Concern is also raised over the politicizing of the [[IANA]] contract between ICANN and the US government, whereby governmental entities, including those outside of the US, increasingly see the contract as a bargaining point with ICANN.<ref>[http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/4/4893009.html InternetGovernance.org/blog]</ref>

Some commentators fear this paper has the elements to create a government backed entity that would take control over the root zone from ICANN. The fear is that under the guise of "public policy concerns" any country in the GAC could overturn the application of any new [[gTLD]], thereby putting the expansion of the root zone at the whim of any repressive government.  Concern is also raised over the politicizing of the [[IANA]] contract between ICANN and the US government, whereby governmental entities, including those outside of the US, increasingly see the contract as a bargaining point with ICANN.<ref>[http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/4/4893009.html InternetGovernance.org/blog]</ref>

====Paper 3====

====Paper 3: Finances====

 

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