an entity like godaddy, when you go and register that name, another 18 cents or so goes to ican. there are some other minor sources. >> so no government funding at this point? >> 0 government funding. >> is their government oversight? >> there was until october 1, when the u.s. government -- we published reduced to the u.s. government on a periodic basis -- we published reviews. that was to ensure that we live up to the standards. when we formed over 11 years ago, there was only one commercial registry and won registrar. we were support to it -- supposed to create a system. there are now over 900 registrars. since we have created the echo system, the government says we have accomplished that, now we should be responsible to the world to be accountable and transparent with how you help to administer your part of the ecosystems. >> joining me is chris roads, a technology reporter for "the wall street journal" in new york. >> i greater than greater thanican is going through an international -- i note that ican is going through a process where the part of the domain name to the right