Jay - where does the supposed quote from me come from? I could have written it (as edited), and I don't disagree with it, but I don't recall it. And FWIW there is no such publication (connected with me) as Release 1.2. At 10:37 AM 16/07/99 -0400, you wrote: > > >Here's another example of media bias, >and why this debate is not being covered >in a neutral fashion among several large >news outlets: > >[cloaked due to the private nature of this email] > > >>At 09:52 AM 7/16/99 , a reporter with another large, biased, nationionally-distributed news outlet wrote: >>>Jay, >>> >>>Good point, but aren't you philosophically a natural ally of NSI from the >>>perspective of wanted for-profit, non-competitive registries? >> >> >>I don't mean this in a mean-spirited >>way, but your biases are showing. >> >>In your city, there are multiple radio >>stations competing for your listening >>pleasure. Some of those are *private*, >>and some of those are *public*. >> >>Would you call those *private* radio >>stations "non-competitive"? >> >>I wouldn't, and neither would many >>others in this debate. >> >>Frankly, it is exactly this type of >>prejudgment on the part of certain >>members of the press that result in >>charges of media bias. >> >>Furthermore, you are with the *one* >>media outlet that I consider even more >>biased than news.com. I had hoped that >>the recent promotion of the perpetrator >>of your bias would substantially change >>your coverage. Looks like it won't :-( >> >> >>>NSI wants this (ie. they want to keep .com, .net, and .org in perpetuity >>>and be able to charge registrars whatever they can, whatever "the market >>>will bear" -- interesting thought when you've basically got a monopoly). >>>Similarly, you want it for .per. >> >> >>Yes, and Coke want's to keep it's >>rights to the property that it has >>developed. I'm sorry, I don't see >>any crime here. >> >> >>>As you know, the notion of unchecked, non-competitive registries is NOT >>>supported by the U.S. government or ICANN. >> >> >>The U.S. Government is a diverse >>collection of people. While Becky >>Burr might agree with you, others >>like the FTC have publicly supported >>my view of the World. >> >>Frankly so has Esther. Check out >>a clip from Release 1.2 below: >> >> >>Esther Dyson in Release 1.2 wrote: >>> >>>The Nature of Freedom >>> >>>Overseas friends of America sometimes point out that the U.S. >>>Constitution is unique -- because it states explicitly that power >>>resides with the people, who delegate it to the government, rather >>>than the other way around. >>> >>>This idea -- central to our free society -- was the result of more >>>than 150 years of intellectual and political ferment, from the >>>Mayflower Compact to the U.S. Constitution, as explorers struggled >>>to establish the terms under which they would tame a new frontier. >>> >>>And as America continued to explore new frontiers -- from the >>>Northwest Territory to the Oklahoma land-rush -- it consistently >>>returned to this fundamental principle of rights, reaffirming, time >>>after time, that power resides with the people. >>> >>>Cyberspace is the latest American frontier. As this and other >>>societies make ever deeper forays into it, the proposition that >>>ownership of this frontier resides first with the people is central >>>to achieving its true potential. >> >> >>Respectfully, >> >>Jay Fenello >>President, Iperdome, Inc. 404-943-0524 >>----------------------------------------------- >>What's your .per(sm)? http://www.iperdome.com >> > > Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes! chairman, EDventure Holdings interim chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 (212) 924-8800 1 (212) 924-0240 fax 104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor) New York, NY 10011 USA http://www.edventure.com http://www.icann.org High-Tech Forum in Europe: 24 to 26 October 1999, Budapest PC Forum: March 12 to 15, 2000, Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona Book: "Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age"
