On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Scott Hillstrom wrote:
> Jim,
>
> At the end of the posing you said, "
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> >Whether you like it or not (and have you looked up the word "canard" in
> >the dictionary?) the ccTLD / gTLD distinction is here to stay. Foreign
> >(ie, non-US) countries are not going to tolerate any attempt by the US
> >government or ICANN to attempt to regulate the ccTLDs.
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> >This isn't an issue that can be settled by supposedly logical arguments.
> >Many issues can only be settled by diplomacy or, failing that, force.
> >This is one of them."
>
> What do you mean by "force"?
Some examples of force:
* the US government or ICANN takes things to the edge by, for
example, removing .FR from the root because the French ccTLD
registry will not comply with US-imposed regulations,
* in retaliation, the European Commission organizes an alternative
root and launches a vigorous international campaign to get
everyone to switch; this splits the root
* simultaneously the competition directorate of the European
Commission, DG IV, takes action against ICANN as a monopoly
operating within the European Union; to make their irritation
clear, they take action against Network Solutions, who run the
.com/net/org registry, as well
* Congress intervenes to declare that the domain name system of
the Internet and IPv4 address space are subject to US
jurisdiction, and requires that anyone operating a TLD registry
or allocating address space obtain a license from the FCC
* the European Union imposes a bit tax on all Internet traffic
originating in the United States and urges all other governments
to do the same
... and so forth. We all know politicians who love defending the
interests of their country like this, especially when they find
themselves in awkward positions.
--
Jim Dixon Managing Director
VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316
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