The #Internet Should Be a Public Good
▻http://jacobinmag.com/2016/08/internet-public-dns-privatization-icann-netflix
On October 1, the Internet will change and no one will notice. This invisible transformation will affect the all-important component that makes the Internet usable: the Domain Name System (DNS). When you type the name of a website into your browser, DNS is what converts that name into the string of numbers that specify the website’s actual location. Like a phone book, DNS matches names that are meaningful to us to numbers that aren’t.
