Jay and all,
Thank you very much for sharing this. I found this article a much
more accurate dipction of the whole story with ICANN. Nice
find Jay! Spread it around.
Jay Fenello wrote:
> "The notion that journalism can regularly produce a product
> that violates the fundamental interests of media owners and
> advertisers ... is absurd."
> -- Robert McChesney, journalist and author
>
> "The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one
> of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country
> has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media
> all objectivity - much less dissent. "
> -- Gore Vidal, novelist and critic
>
> For weeks, I've documented the blatant media
> blackout of the true story about ICANN. At
> first, few believed that this was possible,
> or that it was occurring.
>
> But over time, thanks to the Internet's ability
> to monitor many news outlets simultaneously, most
> of the "rational" explanations for this blackout
> have been eliminated.
>
> What remains is a documented historical record
> of the role the media has played in the takeover
> of the Internet. This record is visible in the
> ICANN archives, and will be invaluable as the
> excesses of ICANN eventually begin to impact
> everyone using the Internet.
>
> And while many of the largest media outlets
> (Reuters, ZiffDavis, News.com) have refused
> to tell their readers the "untold" story about
> ICANN, there have been a few brave publishers,
> editors, and reporters who have been willing
> to break ranks.
>
> Here is the latest from InternetWeek, a
> CMP publication:
>
> Excerpts from:
> http://www.internetwk.com/columns/frezz092099.htm
>
> At 12:06 PM 9/22/99 , Jay Fenello wrote:
> >Update On The Domain Name Wars: Is ICANN Out Of Control?
> >BILL FREZZA September 20, 1999
> >
> >What would you call a system of governance run by a cabal of unelected elites that
>pays lip service to the free market by leaving the means of production in private
>hands while arrogating to itself the power to banish anyone that disobeys its
>self-pronounced edicts? History calls it fascism. In cyberspace, we call it ICANN.
> >
> >Purportedly established to privatize the DNS registry previously administered under
>monopoly contract by Network Solutions Inc., ICANN has metastasized into a
>policy-making body that is but one step from achieving independence, armed with a
>charter that allows it to extend its mandate wherever it chooses.
> >
> >So what lies ahead? ICANN will probably be granted its tax revenue after agreeing
>to some nominal controls. But no matter how ICANN evolves, no matter who ends up
>directing it or its successor, the power to dictate the contents of the domain name
>root servers will eventually be abused. This is not a comment about the nature of the
>Internet but rather the nature of power.
>
> Given the continuing support of this takeover by
> the media, by the world's largest multi-national
> corporations (www.gip.org), and by the academics
> at the Berkman Center, I must agree with Bill --
> ICANN will probably get the go-ahead, and eventually,
> the glaring faults with ICANN will create a single,
> centralized power as the world has never known before.
>
> In closing, here are some quotes that predict our
> future better than I can:
>
> "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the
> freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of
> those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
> -- James Madison
>
> "Corporations have been enthroned .... An era of corruption
> in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor
> to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the
> people... until wealth is aggregated in a few hands ...
> and the Republic is destroyed."
> -- Abraham Lincoln
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Jay Fenello
> President, Iperdome, Inc. 770-392-9480
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>
> "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)
Regards,
--
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