So what's the solution, then? For France, the internet should be controlled by an assembly where each country gets a vote. It may be some time (if ever) before that happens given that the debate over internet control is still young. Les français at least have support for restrictions on wine sites, though. Spain, the UK and the European Commission have all asked ICANN to freeze proceedings until it can promise that people won't run roughshod over centuries of culinary tradition. Whether or not there's any policy reform, the call for change is a reminder that widening the domain name vocabulary also opens the door to a whole host of disputes.

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