Vint and all,
vinton g. cerf wrote:
> Gordon,
>
> some corrections:
>
> At 11:08 PM 7/5/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote:
>
> >Don Heath has been
> >ISOC exec director since early 96.
>
> His position is president and CEO.
Well hell Vint, why not just call Don Heath "Lord God
Almighty" of the ISOC, or maybe Pope Don for short.
Sheeeesh!
>
>
> >Reportedlyan ex MCI frame relay
> >salesman and friend of Vint Cerf.
>
> our paths never crossed at MCI - Don was identified
> by a search firm commissioned by ISOC Board to search for a full
> time president. I believe Don left before I returned to MCI
> in Feb 1994.
>
> Vint, co-author of the TCP/IP protocol,
> >father of the Internet, but senior MCI executive for the past five years.
> >Vint who insupport of ICANN in May opined: "Let us dedicate ourselves to
> >the creation of a global legal framework in which laws work across national
> >boundaries to reinforce the upward spiral of value that Internet is capable
> >of creating."
>
> I was actually making reference to the Papers on electronic commerce that
> were issued by the White House in June 1997 and updated in October 1999.
> There is still an enormous amount of work to be done to fashion a framework
> for electronic commerce which addresses the significance of digital
> signatures, liabilities for electronic contracts, jurisdiction in various
> business disputes, etc. ICANN has a tiny role in this very large and very
> complicated electronic trade framework. The governments of the world will
> need to work together to put into place practices and procedures that really
> are conducive to the continued growth of commerce on the Internet. In many
> instances that will mean refraining from regulation where that would be
> an impediment, but it seems to me equally likely that there will be some
> legislation that would enable rather then impede electronic commerce.
I agree that any legislative form of regulation that may come to pass
should be enabling, not disabling. In that light any private regulation should
also be enabling, but also balanced and determined by the stakeholder.
That way the "Internet is for everyone", By everyone, and For everyone... >;)
IMHO, anything less, as we are currently seeing form ICANN/DNSO/WIPO
will surely flounder and eventually fail to make the "Internet is for Everyone"
criterion that you and I are fond of.... That would be a great shame indeed...
>
>
> >
>
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