[IP] more on US Drops ICANN/DNS Bombshell (on WSIS?)
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From: ian.peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: June 30, 2005 10:56:56 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ip ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] US Drops ICANN/DNS Bombshell (on WSIS?)
Dave, I'm not sure it's a bombshell on WSIS so much as a bombshell on
ICANN.
In the light of this development, ICANN now has to make some clear
statements on
its attitude to indefinite continuance of unilateral US control of
Internet root
zone policy. This is a subject it has avoided in the past. If it says
nothing,
or makes ambiguous and vague statements about MOUs, it will only
reinforce the
arguments of those who see ICANN as a tool of US government policy.
Unless ICANN makes some clear statements in this regard, it may find
that many
of its supporters and supporting organisations will feel less
confident about
its capacity to provide leadership in internet governance.
As they say, we live in interesting times!
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Quoting David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law"
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Date: June 30, 2005 4:52:52 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: US Drops ICANN/DNS Bombshell (on WSIS?)
Reply-To: froomkin@xxxxxx
The US Department of Commerce has announced an unexpected new
policy regarding the Domain Name System (DNS) and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
In previous pronouncements, the US had indicated that the US would
someday release its ultimate control over the 'root' - the file
that contains the master list of authorized registries and thus
determines which TLDs show up on the consensus Internet and who
shall have the valuable right to sell names in them. That day
would come if and when ICANN fulfilled a number of conditions
spelled out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Today's announcement says the opposite: the US plans to keep
control of the root indefinitely, thus freezing the status quo.
Nothing will change immediately as a result. But the timing is
weird, coming as it does only a short time before the forthcoming
meeting of the UN- sponsored World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS).
More at http://www.discourse.net/archives/2005/06/
us_drops_icanndns_bombshell_on_wsis.html
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