Jay and all,
Agreed with your conclusion. It is indeed time to review again...
Jay Fenello wrote:
> >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
>
> 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
> government into private non-profit organizations and be done with it all?
> We are creating the most significant jurisdiction since the Louisiana
> purchase, and we are building it outside the review of the Constitution."
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> (I'd say it's time to review it again ;-)
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Jay Fenello
> President, Iperdome, Inc. 404-943-0524
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