Gordon and all,
Yes indeed politics makes interesting bedfellows, doesn't it! It kinda
makes you think of who has been in whose pants, or should I say
"Panties". >;)
Gordon Cook wrote:
> Yes indeed paul.... pretty interesting. when the response came on june 25
> 1997 from I think Don Mitchel it instructed NSI not to put any new names in
> the root. What this meant was that the US Government Interagency committee
> on domain names put things on indefinite hold so that the politicos could
> decide who would be allowed to to control the addition of domain names to
> the root.
>
> While out of one side of their mouths becky and ira said all the government
> was interested in was competition, the goevrnment reached out and forbade
> an NSI that was EAGER TO OPEN THE ROOT FOR COMPETITION from doing so.
> Allowing the NSI to be excoriated for almost two more years as the greedy
> evil bastards who really wanted to keep the whole thing for themselves.
>
> After all who can forget the rabid attack leveled against NSI by EFF last
> spring. Of course people who made such a big issue out of the **virtues**
> of choosing an allegedly neutral ICANN board conveniently ignored the fact
> that as an EFF board member, esther Dyson was a signatory to the EFF attack
> on NSI.
>
> DID BECKY BURR, and Ira Magaziner decide that the holding action of keeping
> the root closed despite NSI's desire to open it was necessary to give
> Cochetti, and patrick and the GIP enought time to get together with Chris
> Wilkinson and Martin bangeman to begin to put together and mount a the
> counter attack in the form of ICANN as their desired international
> regulatory body to govern and control the internet?
>
> ICANN we were conned into believing was put in place to protect us against
> against the predatory lust of NSI. this memo calls that explanation into
> question. no wonder the feds had to sit on the memo....
>
> >The following was just recently made
> >public. For what it's worth, it's an interesting read:
> >
> >(the entire text of the letter was previously restricted confidential
> > this excerpt appeared th the Court papers of 3-17-1999)
> >
> >At some point, the entire text of NSI's proposal may be available
> >online, as soon as it is released publicly in its entirety.
> >
> >The full text of the Court's decision will be posted soon.
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Excerpt from the opinion and order of Judge Robert Patterson,
> >pgMedia/Name.Space v. NSI/NSF:
> >
> >
> > On June 10, 1997, NSI's Internet Business Manager, David Graves wrote
> >to Don Mitchell, Cognizant Program Official for the NSF's Network and
> >Communication Division, expressing concern over PGM's suit and other
> >potential litigation over the TLD registration issue.
> >
> >
> > Network Solutions finds itself in the difficult position of defending
> > itself against anti-trust claims that its server is an "essential
> > facility" for Internet commerce, while at the same time privately and
> > publicly supporting the addition of more TLDs to enhance competition.
> > Further, Network Solutions must defend itself without any certainty
> > as to whether it has the authority to accept or reject demands, such
> > as PGMedia's, for the inclusion of additional TLDs. There are no
> > technological restrictions or impediments to the inclusion of
> > additional TLDs to our root.zone file. Network Solutions has no
> > interest in being the target of such actions, and, I am certain, the
> > NSF does not want to become one either. In the absence of action, the
> > number of lawsuits will likely increase as more demands for the
> > inclusion of additional TLDs are received.
> >
> > Network Solutions has in the past reviewed and forwarded requests for
> > new TLDs to the IANA. With few exceptions, the TLDs, however, were for
> > new country code designations. Network Solutions consulted with the
> > IANA before including those TLDs on our root.zone file. However, in the
> > face of the IANA's unwillingness or inability to accept any
> > responsibility, and the impending legal threats, it appears that the
> > decision process will be limited at least initially to Network
> > Solutions operating in a responsible manner with NSF concurrence. We
> > envision that the administration of INternet top level domains will
> > need to be conducted in this manner during the Cooperative Agreement,
> > while the future governance issues of the Internet evolve and mature.
> >
> > Under the above circumstances, we believe that additional TLDs should
> > be included on our root.zone file. We also believe that the addition
> > of new TLDs will be beneficial to a more competitive environment and
> > desirable for a further commercialization of Internet registration
> > services at this time. Accordingly, it is our intention to announce
> > publicly that on July 15, 1997 Network Solutions will begin accepting
> > applications to include new TLDs on the root.zone file from PGMedia,
> > Iperdome, and other interested parties.
> >
> > By this letter, we seek NSF's concurrence in this action, and
> > respecfully request your response no later than June 25, 1997, to
> > allow us sufficient time to finalize our plan and to report to the
> > Federal Court in the PGMedia suit. Network Solutions believes that it
> > is imperitive to proceed with the public announcement of this plan,
> > and urges NSF's prompt consideration of an concurrence on the
> > implementation process.
> >
> >[end of excerpt]
> >
> > NSF's response letter:
> > http://name.space-beats-internic.net/law/answers/letters/NSF-NSI06251997.jpg
> >
> > index of other exhibits:
> > http://name.space-beats-internic.net/law/answers/letters/
> >
> >Transcript of Oral Arguments, July 20, 1998:
> >http://name.space-beats-internic.net/law/july20transcript.html
>
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