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ICANN is a private company set up in the early days of the internet to assign domain names, such as dot com now used worldwide in internet addresses. At the time the internet was not global so it didn't seem to matter that this obscure US organisation had control over all addresses. But with global expansion this began to look increasingly unfair, as now demonstrated by one of the internet's largest user groups; internet pornographers have been demanding their own triple x address to make it easier for people to find internet porn. This move was blocked in the US courts after lobbying by right wing religious groups.

The UN believes that it should control allocation of the internet addresses and is organising a conference in Tunisia in November to discuss the issue. Many internet activists though see the spat over domain names as largely irrelevant, saying there are more pressing issues for the internet, such as to what extent it really is a development tool, as outlined in the UN millennium goals. Many also question why this UN conference is happening in a country like Tunisia where internet access is tightly controlled and where opponents of the government who've tried to use websites to get their views across have been imprisoned.

Julian Siddle, BBC Science

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set up
založená

to assign
prideľovať, určovať

obscure
tajomná, neznáma ('obscure' znamená aj: nejasný, nezreteľný)

This move was blocked
tento krok bol zablokovaný

lobbying
vyvíjanie tlaku (cez lobby - nátlakovú skupinu)

allocation
prideľovanie

spat
hádka

largely irrelevant
málo relevantná, nedôležitá

more pressing issues
oveľa naliehavejšie problémy