At 2/15/99, 04:56 PM, Ken Stubbs wrote:
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>hello jay:
>
>i would appreciate some further elightenment in light of your comments
>below:
Hi Ken,
As an overall comment, my primary complaint is that
these policies are being developed now, by an interim
board, with little input from the stakeholders whom they
will impact, and without any rules for due process.
>1.who do you believe has the "rights" to access to the IP data ? what is
>your definition of "IPdata" ?
I see domain names as a system of shared IP (Intellectual
Property) rights.
Under my scenario, ICANN has authority over the TLDs in their
root zone. The registries have shared authority over the SLDs
in their TLD, as defined by the root zone. The registrants have
shared authority over the 3LDs in their SLD, as defined by the
TLD and the root zone, etc., etc., etc.
These proposed policies give ICANN dominion over
the entire domain name! (i.e. 4LD.3LD.SLD.TLD.)
>2.who do believe should be accrediting registrars and the development of
>mechanisms to insure that they operate in "the best interest of the
>internet" ?
I don't necessarily agree with the premise. We
have 100s of registrars today. What problems are
we trying solve, anyway?
I think Stef has it right. We have a market failure
problem, not a registrar regulatory scheme problem.
Now, I will not claim that my views are correct.
I only know that these questions have not been
thoroughly vetted, and that these decisions should
not be made by fiat, nor by some obscure process
occurring behind closed doors.
These comments apply to the rest of your questions,
as well.
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.
404-943-0524 http://www.iperdome.com
>3.should we have have a code of conduct for registrars ?
>4.how do you feel we should insure that there is equity in situations where
>the registry also competes at the registrar level ?
>5.how do we insure "portability" so that domain name holders are assured
>that they will be provided adequate information on alternatives available to
>them for future registration servicing ?
>
>best wishes
>
>ken stubbs
>
>
>>ICANN has greatly exceeded its mandate to deal with the
>>NSI monopoly. It appears to have established an entire
>>business model for all ICANN registrars, one that makes
>>ICANN the owner of all IP data, and assesses a tax on
>>all registrants without *any* checks and balances.
>>
>>
>>Respectfully,
>>
>>Jay Fenello
>>President, Iperdome, Inc.
>>404-943-0524 http://www.iperdome.com
>>
>>
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