Roberto and all,
You make and good point here. However to my knowledge and according
the NTIA web pages, there has been NO announcement of a complete
review process of the ICANN process to date. Hence, I can only
logically conclude that that your assertion here is unfounded as it is
without any evidance...
Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> Jay Fenello reported:
>
> > >From the archives:
> >
> > =============
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> <snip>
>
> > ================
> >
> > (I'd say it's time to review it again ;-)
> >
> >
> 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
Regards,
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