Thank you, Jay, for this historic reference, now timely as we witness lives and careers being ripped apart in the haste to cash in, to become a DNS claims office in the cyberspace land rush once new TLDs are ready for registration. Blind greed. The warfare breaks my heart. -- ken Ken Freed Media Visions Webzine http://www.media-visions.com >>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. > >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." > >================ > >(I'd say it's time to review it again ;-) > >Respectfully, > >Jay Fenello >President, Iperdome, Inc. 404-943-0524 >----------------------------------------------- >What's your .per(sm)? http://www.iperdome.com
