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==Criticisms==

==Criticisms==

A significant number of entities within the Internet community supported the gTLD-MoU but many also expressed their criticism. Eric T. Fingerhut  & P.L. Skip Singleto, Jr. were among those critics. They wrote a paper entitled, "The gTLD-MoU: A Yellow Flag for Trademark Owners on the Information Superhighway," which cautioned the Internet community about the negative implications of the gTLD-MoU proposals. They claim that the initiators of the gTLD-MoU, particularly IAHC & iPOC, were working to "complete their takeover of the domain name system before this committee and the administration can implement their own plans. They pretend to offer cooperation, yet they are actively setting up assets and infrastructure offshore to complete a takeover as soon as possible." <ref>[http://www.ipmall.org/hosted_resources/IDEA/38_IDEA/38-2_IDEA_281_Fingerhut.pdf The gTLD-MoU: A Yellow Flag for Trademark Owners on the Information Superhighway]</ref>

A significant number of entities within the Internet community supported the gTLD-MoU but many also expressed their criticism. Eric T. Fingerhut  & P.L. Skip Singleto, Jr. were among those critics. They wrote a paper entitled, "The gTLD-MoU: A Yellow Flag for Trademark Owners on the Information Superhighway," which cautioned the Internet community about the negative implications of the gTLD-MoU proposals. They claim that the initiators of the gTLD-MoU, particularly IAHC & iPOC, were working to "complete their takeover of the domain name system ... They pretend to offer cooperation, yet they are actively setting up assets and infrastructure offshore to complete a takeover as soon as possible."<ref>[http://www.ipmall.org/hosted_resources/IDEA/38_IDEA/38-2_IDEA_281_Fingerhut.pdf The gTLD-MoU: A Yellow Flag for Trademark Owners on the Information Superhighway]</ref>

Other critics expressed their concern that the gTLD-MoU was primarily initiated by the Internet engineering community; that the interests of business stakeholders were not properly represented; the technological development was viewed as aggressive; and the implementation schedule was too speedy. In addition, many disapproved the IAHC proposal because it failed to provide a solution for the lack competition, which was a main problem for the Internet community. Furthermore, the Internet community was concerned that the International Telecommunications Union might take over the management of the DNS. The IAHC failed to address all the concerns of the critics and the internet community remained divided and dissatisfied with the proposal. Because of the situation, President [[Bill Clinton]] instructed the Department of Commerce to develop solutions for the concerns of the Internet community. "A Proposal to Improve Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses," referred to as the [[Green Paper]], was released for comments. This was followed by the the [[White Paper]], which lead to the creation of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]].<ref>[http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/history.htm Cyber Telecom Federal Internet Law and Policy- An Educational Project, History of DNS]</ref>

Other critics expressed their concern that the gTLD-MoU was primarily initiated by the Internet engineering community; that the interests of business stakeholders were not properly represented; the technological development was viewed as aggressive; and the implementation schedule was too speedy. In addition, many disapproved the IAHC proposal because it failed to provide a solution for the lack competition, which was a main problem for the Internet community. Furthermore, the Internet community was concerned that the International Telecommunications Union might take over the management of the DNS. The IAHC failed to address all the concerns of the critics and the internet community remained divided and dissatisfied with the proposal. Because of the situation, President [[Bill Clinton]] instructed the Department of Commerce to develop solutions for the concerns of the Internet community. "A Proposal to Improve Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses," referred to as the [[Green Paper]], was released for comments. This was followed by the the [[White Paper]], which lead to the creation of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]].<ref>[http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/history.htm Cyber Telecom Federal Internet Law and Policy- An Educational Project, History of DNS]</ref>