more on What the WSIS argument (doesn't) mean

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ronda Hauben <ronda () panix com>
Date: October 4, 2005 12:39:20 PM EDT
To: h_bray () globe com
Cc: Ronda Hauben <ronda () panix com>, David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: [IP] more on What the WSIS argument (doesn't) mean



From h_bray () globe com


> That sounds about right to me.  It would be absurd for dissenting  
> countries to set up their own Internet.

Is it any less absurd that the dissenting countries continuing to
have the control over their Internet activity in the hands of a
company formed under the charity laws of California, where the
countries have no means of having any input into what is done
by that company?

The creation of "ICANN" is the problem, not the dissenting countries.

ICANN is a problem that needs to be taken up before a catastrophe not
after (like the problem of the flooding potential in New Orleans)

Here's one of a number of reasons that were cited explaining the
problem with ICANN. (See the article for others)

The 3rd WSIS preparatory meeting for the Tunis Summit made a
breakthrough in clarifying the nature of the problem of having one
government exercise unilateral control over the administration of the
infrastructure of the international Internet. As the UK/EU
representative, David Hendon explained, ICANN is under "a contract from
one government, and the government advises it what to do. It's kind of
strange for governments to be advising a public sector body and for that
body to be doing things for the whole world under the instruction of one
government." [4]

from: "Who Will Control Internet Infrastructure? At a recent U.N.  
preparatory meeting for the World Summit on Information Society, the  
dispute widens"

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp? 
no=251118&rel_no=1

Ronda



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