On 20-Mar-99 Gordon Cook wrote:
> NTIA has not a shred of legally defensible authority to be doing what it is
> doing. I have triple sourced this. But to challenge NTIA now you need a
> legally agrieved party. With the PGMedia case now history we don't
> presently have a legally aggrieved party. Damned shame. because NTIA will
> soon give ICANN the root and with the DNSO people calling all over
> themselves to get ICANN to comply to their way of thinking they are
> de-facto accepting ICANN legal authority and ensnaring themselves in
> ICANN's clutches.
>
> we need an IODesign lawsuit. It cannot possibly happen too fast.
>
I couldn't agree more with you here Gordan. Someone needs to challenge the
legality of this process, and I think ICANN and the process will be the better
for it. It may end up being a good vehicle for forcing concessions from the
USG/ICANN to make this process more open and representative.
I think IODesign is a much more credible plaintiff than PGMedia, having
committed to restraining themselves to a single gTLD. They can present a much
more compelling case than a plaintiff who is trying to lay claim to hundreds
upon hundreds of them. Other prospective registries would also be credibile
plaintiffs or co-plaintiffs in such an action, as it seems PGMedia is alone in
its craziness of claiming so many TLDs.
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19-Mar-99
Time: 19:07:15
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