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==ICANN Involvement==

==ICANN Involvement==

AOL was one of the first five [[registrar]]s approved by [[ICANN]] in 1999 as part of the Internet governing body's [[ICANN#The Testbed Period|test bed period]] to achieve its objective of increasing the competition in the domain name market, which, at that time, was dominated by [[Network Solutions]].<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FOX/is_10_4/ai_54640971/ ICANN Announces Five New Domain Name Registrars, Including AOL - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - Industry Trend or Event]</ref>

AOL was one of the first five [[registrar]]s approved by [[ICANN]] in 1999 as part of the Internet governing body's [[ICANN#The Testbed Period|test bed period]] to achieve its objective of increasing the competition in the domain name market, which, at that time, was dominated by [[Network Solutions]].<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FOX/is_10_4/ai_54640971/ ICANN Announces Five New Domain Name Registrars, Including AOL - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - Industry Trend or Event]</ref> It was most active within ICANN during the organization's inception, and the creation of such important policies as the registrar accreditation guidelines.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/comments-mail/comment-guidelines/msg00037.html Comment Guidelines, ICANN.org]</ref>

In 1999, AOL participated in the ICANN Forum regarding the issue of the establishment of the [[UDRP|Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy]], which aimed to provide a speedy and affordable resolution to domain name disputes. In its comments, AOL praised ICANN’s initiative in appointing a drafting committee tasked to continue to deal with the issues raised by the Internet community and the realization of the implementation of the UDRP. According to AOL the UDRP needs additional revisions, such as:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/comments-mail/comment-udrp/current/msg00111.html AOL Comments]</ref>

In 1999, AOL participated in the ICANN Forum regarding the issue of the establishment of the [[UDRP|Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy]], which aimed to provide a speedy and affordable resolution to domain name disputes. In its comments, AOL praised ICANN’s initiative in appointing a drafting committee tasked to continue to deal with the issues raised by the Internet community and the realization of the implementation of the UDRP. According to AOL the UDRP needs additional revisions, such as:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/comments-mail/comment-udrp/current/msg00111.html AOL Comments]</ref>