Will domain problems split the Internet
Jay Forder · eYLS (Yale Law School) · 2000
[Extract] The biggest news in the Internet community over the last few months has been the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) move to increase the number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). ICANN has also implemented support for Chinese characters in domain names and suggested a number of administrative changes. These activities have not met with universal approval.