Net lobbyists reshuffle
By Courtney Macavinta
December 12, 1997, 12:35 p.m. PT
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On Wednesday, the Association for Online
Professionals (AOP) said it will merge with the
Interactive Services Association (ISA), whose
members include giants Microsoft, AT&T, and
America Online. The combined group will charge up
efforts to safeguard the Net industry from new taxes,
as well as fueling the debate over how the DOMAIN
NAME SYSTEM should be transferred from government
control to the private sector. For example, the group
will discuss both issues next week with Ira Magaziner,
President Clinton's senior advisor on Net issues.
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