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title: Competition for ICANN
date: "2000-12-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2028
description: Learn about the organizations competing with ICANN for domain-name governance, including YouCANN and Open-RSC. These alternatives highlight the early push for diverse internet naming authorities and decentralized control over the root.
keywords: [icann, domain name system, youcann, open-rsc, internet governance, dns]
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[ICANN](http://www.icann.org) isn't the only domain-name body. There's competition for that too, with [YouCANN](http://www.youcann.org/), [Open-RSC](http://www.open-rsc.org/) and others. [Wired has the story](http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40301,00.html)