Info pirates seek an alternative Internet

DNS is not "the internet".

If an ICANN-free system was setup, the "internet" still continues to operate exactly as expected, but the way of resolving addresses has changed.

This is one of the few articles where "internet" vs "DNS" actually does make a difference, but they got it wrong.

It matters here: > If it works, a sort of "shadow internet" could form, one in which legal action against counterfeiters and copyright scofflaws would be nearly impossible.

Nope. You can still take action against IP addresses that don't have any DNS at all. What matters is who their provider is, not what domain name they use.

Haha, isn't it "corporates and governments want a modified internet"?

Nothing would be stopping ISPs from adding one or more non-ICANN DNS servers in their resolution chain. In fact, independent ISPs may do just that if they're not explicitly banned and there are a set of standards standards in place.

DNS is one of the easiest thing to do infrastructure-wise on the inter-networks.