>>For the .com, .org, .net TLD's this is about to change, with the U.S.> fail.
>>government starting to take charge.
>>An open question is wether this will mean US jurisdiction over .com domains.
>
>I have not read anything suggesting that "the U.S. >government starting to
>take charge." Quote me a source on that please. It is proposed to be a
>non-governmental body, I believe.
>
You must have heard of Ira Magaziner's "Green paper" of last year and his toned down "White paper" of this year.
This is what he was quoted to say at the last "combatants" (WIPO, ITU, IANA, CORE, ARIN, APNIC, Alternic, POC, PAB, gTLDMoU, NSI, etc, etc) meeting in Geneva:
> * Domain Debaters Are Given Deadline Warning, by Andrew Craig (TechWeb -
> July 24, 1998) - http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980724S0007
>
> GENEVA -- President Clinton's Internet adviser issued a stern
> warning to Internet-community members Friday to reach a consensus
> about the future of Internet-address management, or risk losing control
> of the process.
> [snip]
> "We won't accept two different proposals," Magaziner said, emphasizing the
> Sept. 30 deadline. If you do [submit two proposals], I will just send you
> back and lock you in a room until you do find consensus. You've got to come
> out with one opinion," he said.
> [snip]
> Magaziner said some in the U.S. government, who would prefer to continue
> governing the Internet, are watching and waiting for self-governance to
Joop, I was interpreting your "take charge" statement probably differently than you meant it <G>. I was only saying that, IMO, the US govt. is not going to take over handing out domains. I think even Magaziner does not envision this happening. He is certainly trying to pressure the industry to come up with a plan he agrees with. But I don't believe that, if the industry cannot come up with a plan he likes, that the alternative is the US govt. will start doing it. Some compromise will be reached. Al Gore doesn't want the govt. to run the net.
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