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ICANN works Harry Potter magic on net
December 2004
Internet overseeing organisation ICANN has a
difficult task ahead persuading people to let it
run the whole network when its contract ends in
2006. And it is willing to try anything to get
there - including, it would seem, magic.
CEO Paul Twomey gave a brief rundown on what
meetings were taking place at its four-day
conference in Cape Town, South Africa, as we
speak. But he remained strangely tight-lipped over
what some groups would be discussing in the
African sun.
Is the reason anything to do with the odd
appearance of one Hermione Granger representing
Hogwarts, who is listed as the first attendee to
the conference on ICANN's website? Has the
organisation spend some of its new bigger budget
on hiring Harry Potter's female companion to train
staff up on magical powers? Or even to teach them
the Dark Forces against the evil Voldemort aka
Yoshio Utsumi, secretary-general of the ITU?
"These rumours are mere fabrication," an ICANN
spokesman confirmed. "Ms Granger is here in a
personal capacity and will not be teaching or
taking any classes."
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