Internet players to set up Internet body<\/p>\n
Fitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Several business associations and local universities are
\npreparing to set up an independent Internet body to help develop
\nand improve the system within the local Internet industry.<\/p>\n
Named the Indonesian Internet Agency (LII), the body is
\nexpected to work with various sectors, including non-governmental
\norganizations and the government, to create regulations and
\npolicies on the Internet industry.<\/p>\n
\"Our Internet industry is not going anywhere and remains
\nundeveloped. This is partly because of the absence of policies,\"
\nHeru Nugroho, the chairman of the Indonesian Internet Service
\nProviders Association (APJII), said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Budi Rahardjo of the country code Top Level Domain Indonesia
\n(ccTLD-ID), a body which distributes and registers domain names
\nin the country, said the organization would be similar to the
\nInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a
\nbroad coalition of Internet business, technical, academic and
\nuser communities.<\/p>\n
Founded in the U.S. in 1998, ICANN works to coordinate four
\nkey functions of the Internet: the management of domain systems,
\nthe allocation of IP address space, assignment of protocol
\nparameters and the management of the root server system.<\/p>\n
\"We want to try to regulate ourselves first so that we can put
\nthe industry in order. To do that, we'll try to do what others
\nhave done so far,\" Budi said.<\/p>\n
The LII, which is in the preparatory stage, is expected to be
\nfully established next year, pending approval from the
\ngovernment.<\/p>\n
Marcelus Adiwinata of Indonesian Internet Society added that
\nwhile many IT or Internet associations had been mushrooming,
\ntheir existence had hardly contributed to the development of the
\ncountry's IT and Internet industry.<\/p>\n
\"Instead, their interests often conflict because they go their
\nown way,\" Marcelus remarked.<\/p>\n
Budi said one advantage of the future LII would be that it
\nwould help customers have a secure Internet domain to avoid cyber
\ncrimes.<\/p>\n
\"By regulating our domain name system, we can minimize cyber
\ncrime such as pornography or cyberfraud. Further, we can ask all
\ncommunity members to act on cyber crime,\" he added.<\/p>\n
So far, some of the groups that have committed to establishing
\nLII include APJII, the Telematics Community (Mastel), ccTLD, the
\nIndonesian Software Association (Aspiluki), Yogyakarta's Gadjah
\nMada University and the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).<\/p>\n
The body will have six supporting organizations, that is At
\nLarge Membership (ALM) for individuals, Government Advisory
\nCommittee (GAC), Non-Governmental Advisory Committee (NGAC), the
\nAddress Support Organization (ASO) for drafting policy on IP
\ndistribution, the Domain Name Supporting Organization for
\ndrafting policies on domain name distribution, and Protocol
\nSupporting Organization (PSO), a technical unit related to the
\nInternet system.<\/p>",
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