Jay Fenello reported:
> >From the archives:
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> http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/domnam/TWB19980611S0009
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> Magaziner, Lessig Spar Over Domain Name Plan
> (06/11/98, 2:46 p.m. ET)
> By Mo Krochmal, TechWeb
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> (I'd say it's time to review it again ;-)
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Oh, in practice, I think it has been reviewed already.
The situation has changed a lot since 1998-06-11, and to the best of my
knowledge the US Government has monitored the process all the way through,
and not felt the need to intervene directly.
Do you *really* think that USG should now try to redo everything from
scratch once again?
I have the feeling that USG is getting more worried on how best to deal with
the continuing monopoly situation of NSI than with other aspects of the
Internet Governance. The point seems therefore more to speed up practical
aspects of the Testbed period and the (by now likely) delays in the plan of
allowing competition in the domain name registration than dealing with other
issues. From Jay's quote:
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.
Seems pretty clear to me.
If a review is needed, it has to address why the non-profit agency and its
BoD has not yet "directed registration of top-level domain names such as
.com, .net, and .org", doesn't it?!?
Regards
Roberto
