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====Paper 6: ccTLDs====

====Paper 6: ccTLDs====

The final EC paper criticizes the degree to which ICANN is involved, and makes demands of, the running of national [[ccTLD]] registries. While they do point to some long-standing contentions between ccTLD registries and ICANN, [[Nigel Roberts]] has pointed out that the mere fact that the EC is overstepping its authority as it is issuing a paper regarding what seems to be a concern of the Union's member states and not a shared, exclusive, or supporting competences of the Union. Thus, this paper has been generally received as the document most inappropriate and ill-informed of the EC's 6 non-official papers.<ref>[http://nigel.je/ Nigel Roberts' blog post, nigel.je]</ref><ref>[http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/21/4904077.html IGP Blogpost, ccTLD paper]</ref>

The final EC paper criticizes the degree to which ICANN is involved, and makes demands of, the running of national [[ccTLD]] registries. While they do point to some long-standing contentions between ccTLD registries and ICANN, [[Nigel Roberts]] has pointed out that the EC is overstepping its authority as it is issuing a paper regarding what seems to be a concern of the Union's member states and not a shared, exclusive, or supporting competences of the Union. Thus, this paper has been generally received as the document most inappropriate and ill-informed of the EC's 6 non-official papers.<ref>[http://nigel.je/ Nigel Roberts' blog post, nigel.je]</ref> It has further been posited by [[Milton Mueller]] that given that the [[DNS]] is a shared, global resource, standard notions of national sovereignty are not always applicable or possible to implement.<ref>[http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/21/4904077.html IGP Blogpost, ccTLD paper]</ref>

The sixth EC paper can be read [http://blog.internetgovernance.org/pdf/EC5-ccTLDs1.pdf here].

The sixth EC paper can be read [http://blog.internetgovernance.org/pdf/EC5-ccTLDs1.pdf here].