It was a huge bestseller book, made into a web site. I think quite a few
people have heard of it.
+-----Original Message-----
+From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay
+Fenello
+Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:56 PM
+To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Subject: Re: [IFWP] The ICANN Ruckus
+
+
+At 02:54 PM 8/17/99 , Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
+>Doesn't the existence of this article disprove your hypothesis?
+
+
+I've never heard of intellectualcapital.com!
+
+Have you?
+
+At 12:38 PM 7/20/99 , Jay Fenello wrote:
+>Media bias is not something that is inherent in
+>any one article, any more than the effectiveness
+>of an advertising campaign is inherent in any
+>single advertisement. And even if a news source
+>covers all sides of an issue, that does not mean
+>that it is not biased.
+>
+>Media bias comes into play when one particular
+>point of view is presented repeatedly, with a
+>larger distribution, and broader coverage, than
+>another.
+
+Jay.
+
+
+>At 02:17 PM 8/17/99 -0400, you wrote:
+>>
+>>Here's another story on ICANN that
+>>properly frames the debate. And it
+>>is exactly this perspective that is
+>>being suppressed by the media.
+>>
+>>Excerpts from:
+>>
+>>
+>>http://intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue280/item6052.asp
+>>
+>>The ICANN Ruckus
+>>by James Love
+>>
+>>As presently constituted, ICANN could make policy on issues like spam,
+>>copyright enforcement, privacy, standards for digital contracts
+or funding
+>>Internet access in sub-Saharan Africa. It could do this and much more, or
+>>it could do very little other than attend to narrow technical issues. In
+>>other words, ICANN, via its own discretion, might just become the driving
+>>governing voice of the Net.
+>>
+>>ICANN will have governmental-type powers, but it will ultimately be a
+>>private corporate entity. It can (and has) changed its bylaws at will,
+>>needing just a two-thirds majority.
+>>
+>>ICANN critics share a deep unease about concentrating this much
+power over
+>>the Internet in the hands of a private and largely unaccountable body.
+>>
+>>It is becoming clear that ICANN is an entirely new system of
+governance for
+>>the Internet.
+>>
+>>Under the current proposals, ICANN can pursue its own governance agendas,
+>>be captured by various special interests, and make policy decisions that
+>>are of great importance.
+>>
+>>Froomkin notes that the Magaziner White Paper, and its offspring like
+>>ICANN, are not proposals for no rules, but rather for shifting
+>>responsibility for who will make rules, without any clear
+answers about how
+>>the public's rights are protected.
+>>
+>>When we talk about "self governance," we need to begin to talk
+about who is
+>>the "self" and what is the "governance." We are inventing a new world
+>>government for cyberspace, but we are not creating a new world
+democracy in
+>>cyberspace, and this is the problem.
+>>
+>>Let's go back to the drawing board and rethink governance in cyberspace,
+>>with the explicit goals of protecting individual rights and providing
+>>democratic accountability.
+>>
+>>+++
+>>
+>>
+>>Respectfully,
+>>
+>>Jay Fenello
+>>President, Iperdome, Inc. 404-943-0524
+>>-----------------------------------------------
+>>What's your .per(sm)? http://www.iperdome.com
+>>
+>>"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is
+>>ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third,
+>>it is accepted as self-evident." (Arthur Schopenhauer)
+>>
+>>
+>>
+>>
+>
+>@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
+>
+
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