Richard, Ellen and all,
As Ellen indicates, and I think correctly, governments can intervene
at nearly any juncture in any effort of self regulation and influence or
force their will upon the process. The GAC was set up primarily
by the ICANN (Initial?) Interim board to circumvent this possibility
to some extent. It appears that the GAC's efforts are less than
adequately successful thus far. We are now seeing more and more
government direct involvement in regulation of the Internet, which many
of us all feared or did not want. This is especially true in the EU, and
will be even more true in the orient in the very near future I believe.
Where does this leave the ICANN and its sibling the GAC? I don't
really know at this juncture. I doubt that anyone can predict this
with any degree of certainty. But it is becoming VERY clear that
this current ICANN (Initial?) Interim Board has lost much of it's
appeal or luster amongst governments for many obvious reasons
that have been stated over and over again by many and this continues
to grow.
Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> At 10:30 AM 9/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Ellen Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Mr, Farber. There is room here for a different cause/effect analysis. I
> >> posit that if ICANN fails, it will be an indicator that the ICANN *model*
> >> was not workable, NOT that the Net cannot manage itself. The model that is
> >> the source of so much controversy is one that began with several insiders
> >> hand-picking a group of supposed DNS newbies who were, in turn, secretive,
> >> clueless and easily swayed.
> >
> >The danger, IMHO, is that if the models continue to fail (IAHC, gTLD-MoU,
> >ICANN, etc), the entities who are overseeing the process (governments)
> >may tire of it and intervene directly.
>
> If the Internet was all in one country you might have a problem.
>
> But you don't, really.
>
> --
> "So foul a sky clears not without a storm" - Shakespeare
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