Re: [ga] Taxation without Representation etc.,

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Leah and all assembly members,

  The ICANN board and staff have already lost a considerable
amount of creditability.  I seems that yet again they are heaping
more of that loss upon themselves in Bucharest as well as
with the "BluePrint" for reform.  It is not such thing.  Rather it
is guise to disinclude participation of stakeholders/users by
the millions.

L. Gallegos wrote:

> The internet is a medium for communication - all kinds, not just the
> www. It is a network of networks and is not centralized, although the few
> dominant commercial powers would like to control the DNS totally and
> exclude individuals and small networks from any meaningful input or
> use.  Domain names are used for a great deal more than the www, but
> the www seems to now be the only factor considered.
>
> It is most interesting to find that many networks, including governments,
> are moving toward their own systems (roots and networks), which may
> have a negative impact on inclusion.  Some have goine out of their way
> to include all networks and ignore ICANN because of its exclusionary
> tactics.
>
> ICANN may well succeed in excluding many from the USG DNS root,
> but may also succeed in losing its credibility totally in the long run.  It is
> not a win/win for ICANN, certainly, and ICANN means lose/lose to the
> individual and general internet community - especially if you include the
> academics, developing countries and non-commercial aspects.
>
> Leah
>
> On 25 Jun 2002, at 21:46, Jeff Field wrote:
>
> > I'm not trying to be funny here; I'm curious.  What is the "intent of the
> > internet"?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > --
> > jeff field
> > 952-848-7626
> > 952-848-7627 fax
> > jfield@aaaq.com <mailto:jfield@aaaq.com>
> > -----
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of L.
> > > Gallegos
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:54 PM
> > > To: ga@dnso.org
> > > Subject: Re: [ga] Taxation without Representation etc.,
> > >
> > >
> > > Too little, too late.  The media should have picked up on the ICANN
> > > problem two years ago at least so that the public would have had a bit
> > > of information.  Now ICANN will pass whatever the board likes and to
> > > heck with the public, US Congress and anyone outside the cartel.  In
> > > the end, it may doom ICANN, but not before the damage is done to
> > > dessimate the intent of the internet.  Nothing will change until
> > > the public
> > > simply ignores ICANN and makes individual choices for themselves.
> > >
> > > And people on this list wonder why alternatives are on the rise.
> > >
> > > Leah
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25 Jun 2002, at 12:00, Asaad Y. Alnajjar   (Millennium Inc.) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Oh well, one more article along the same subject.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020625/wr_nm/m
> > > edia_internet_icann_dc_1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Asaad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At Tuesday, 25 June 2002, William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 10:12:30 AM, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> All,
> > > > >
> > > > >> Here's the latest from news.com:
> > > > >
> > > > >> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-939061.html
> > > > >
> > > > >> These are the kinds of articles the public interest needs in the
> > > > >> mainstream media... my only question:  Why the hell haven't the
> > > > >> mainstream media people spoken up about ICANN's questionable
> > > activities
> > > >
> > > > >> in the past?
> > > > >
> > > > >I really hate ignorant reporting, especially from those reporting on
> > > > >the tech industry.
> > > > >
> > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > > > >EU officials also said they would prefer that the U.S. Department of
> > > > >Commerce, the government body that spawned ICANN in 1998, relinquish
> > > > >control of the root-server system, a master control database of
> > > > >Internet sites that ensures that Web traffic gets to its intended
> > > > >destination..
> > > > >
> > > > >The fear is that in the wrong hands the enormous database could be
> > > > >mined to determine all comings and goings on the Internet. Although
> > > > >there is no evidence that this has happened, the issue has attracted
> > > > >added attention in recent months as law-enforcement officials seek to
> > > > >shore up defenses against feared acts of cyberterrorism.
> > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > > > >
> > > > >The root zone doesn't need to be mined, it is public.  There is no
> > > > >sane reason to not have it public, and that last paragraph is just
> > > > >plain ignorance.
> > > > >
> > > > >--
> > > > >Best regards,
> > > > >William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
> > > > >--
> > > > >Save Internet Radio!
> > > > >CARP will kill Webcasting!
> > > > >http://www.saveinternetradio.org/
> > > > >
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