Internet Empowerment Resolution

The Internet Empowerment Resolution was passed by Queens Community Board 3 Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, a local governance unit of the City of New York, on April 19, 2001. The Resolution called for the acquisition of the .nyc Top Level Domain, or TLD, and for its development as a public interest resource to serve the residents and organizations of New York City. During testimony before the city council on October 17, 2008, Connecting.nyc Inc., an advocacy organization for the city's development of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, identified the Internet Empowerment Resolution as the origin of its existence.^[1]

The Resolution declared that "having a Top Level Domain name for our city will put us on par with other global cities that have Top Level Domain names: Singapore (.SG), Hong Kong (.HK), the Vatican (.VA), and Los Angeles (.LA) - note: Los Angeles uses the domain name originally issued to Laos. ... Having a .NYC TLD will make our community more governable, provide opportunities for small businesses, raise city revenue, and make navigating the Internet easier for our residents, prospective tourists, and businesses."^[2]

The Resolution was the first instance of a local government calling for the development of a TLD as a public interest resource. Since its passage, cities have increasingly begun to look upon TLDs as an important part of their digital infrastructure with Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul, London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and two dozen other cities applying for Top Level Domains. ^[3]

References

^ Video of city council hearing.
^ "The Internet Empowerment Resolution as published by Queens Community Board 3, the city of New York". Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
^ ICANN listing of new TLD applications submitted in 2012 Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

The Resolution as published by Queens Community Board 3, the city of New York Archived 2009-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
Battle for .nyc Gotham Gazette by Laura Forlano
Center for Future Civic Media, MIT Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
icannwiki.org/City_TLDs
Toward City TLDs in the Public Interest
Diversity and Market Structure - For a City Friendly Internet^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Video of city council hearing.

[2] "The Internet Empowerment Resolution as published by Queens Community Board 3, the city of New York". Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-16.

[3] ICANN listing of new TLD applications submitted in 2012 Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine

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