At 01:42 AM 6/4/99 , Dave Crocker wrote:
>At 01:15 AM 6/4/99 -0400, Jay Fenello wrote:
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>>http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/domnam/TWB19980611S0009
>>
>>Magaziner, Lessig Spar Over Domain Name Plan
>> (06/11/98, 2:46 p.m. ET)
>> By Mo Krochmal, TechWeb
>>
>>NEW YORK -- Ira Magaziner, the Clinton administration's point person on
>>technology, said Wednesday the next few months will tell if the U.S. policy
>>of letting the Internet self-regulate will work.
>>
>>Magaziner, who shared a forum with technology pundit Esther Dyson and
>>Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, said within six months the federal
>>government will know if private initiatives on Internet domain names are
>>working. "If not, then we will have to review it again," he said.
>>
>>Last Friday, the U.S. government released its policy on the regulation of
>>Internet domain names. In the long-awaited white paper, the government said
>>it would let Internet stakeholders establish a non-profit agency and a
>>board of directors to direct registration of top-level domain names such as
>>.com, .net, and .org.
>>
>>But Lessig disagreed, saying the implications of creating a special
>>non-profit agency seems like a substitute for government, but one that does
>>not have to answer to an electorate.
>>
>>"This is bizarre for a democracy," said Lessig. "Why not just carve up the
>
>
>what is even MORE bizarre is to impose a U.S. model on a global service.
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http://search.zdnet.com/pcmag/news/trends/t980612b.htm
Esther Dyson took issue with some of the debate's premises. She noted that when
debating whether the government should regulate cyberspace, someone who refers to
"the" government misses the point, since "there's more than one." She explained that
cyberspace is creating a competition for government and that issues need to be solved
at an individual, practical level rather than a general, ideological one.
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I'd say that Esther has missed her own point ;-)
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello
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