Re: [ga] Old proposal

[Eric Dierker <Eric@hi-tek.com>]

Please look at the wg-review and weigh in on this important issue.

Dennis Schaefer wrote:

> Hi Marilyn --
>
> Sorry about the misdirect.  I was sure I had hit to Reply to
> All. <G>
>
> I can't disagree with you about the infrastructure consisting of privately
> owned facilities.  But the ether that holds that structure together is
> the public forum called the Internet -- which was built with taxpayer money.
>
> So selling that public forum to private interests not beholden to
> constitutional matters of
> due process and free speech is roughly like letting the Ku Klux Klan rent
> out the
> US Capitol.
>
> I am not anti-business -- just pro civil liberties.
>
> >Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>
> To: "'Dennis Schaefer'" <apsdps@mediaone.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 6:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [ga] Old proposal
>
> > Dennis, did you notice that this only went to  me? I don't mind, but I
> think
> > you intended to reply to Peter as well? Perhaps the group?
> >
> > The Internet is an infrastructure, isn't it, Dennis? Built of leased lines
> > and other facilities, with an operating protocol, and connecting to
> millions
> > of content sources.  But it isn't a goverment resource.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Schaefer [mailto:apsdps@mediaone.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 4:58 PM
> > To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
> > Subject: Re: [ga] Old proposal
> >
> >
> > Peter --
> >
> > I find your suggestion completely appropriate.  While I understand
> Marilyn's
> > need as an industry representative to pin the label 'private sector' on
> the
> > Internet,
> > the fact is that it is still a governmental resource whose privatization
> was
> > botched up by the US.
> >
> > A single worldwide Internet is a world resource for which ICANN should be
> > the agent negotiating and defending the need for a worldwide transfer of
> > sovereignty.
> > A wholesale surrender to private business will not enhance the Net -- and
> > might just
> > ruin it.
> >
> >
> > >Dennis Schaefer
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>
> > To: "'Peter de Blanc'" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>; "'Kent Crispin'"
> > <kent@songbird.com>; <ga@dnso.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:16 AM
> > Subject: RE: [ga] Old proposal
> >
> >
> > > Peter, as you know, ICANN isn't a UN treaty organization.  I'm not sure
> > why
> > > this would be a useful suggestion for other reasons, as well. It would
> > also
> > > seem to imply a governmental relationship.  Not, in our view as
> industry,
> > a
> > > useful thing.
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter de Blanc [mailto:pdeblanc@usvi.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 5:15 AM
> > > To: 'Kent Crispin'; ga@dnso.org
> > > Subject: RE: [ga] Old proposal
> > >
> > >
> > > It sounds like all ICANN constituencies should have .INT domain names...
> > >
> > > NCC.INT, BIZ.INT, ISPCP.INT  CCTLD.INT  IP.INT  ETC.INT
> > >
> > > peter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Kent
> > > Crispin
> > > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 3:06 AM
> > > To: ga@dnso.org
> > > Subject: Re: [ga] Old proposal
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 09:48:30PM -0500, Sandy Harris wrote:
> > > > I recently had occasion to look at RFC 920
> > > > http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/rfc/rfc0920.txt
> > > > |      Multiorganizations
> > > > |
> > > > |         A multiorganization may be a top level domain if it is
> large,
> > > > |         and is composed of other organizations; particularly if the
> > > > |         multiorganization can not be easily classified into one of
> the
> > > > |         categories and is international in scope.
> > > >
> > > > My question is whether we should resurrect the "multiorganisation"
> > > category.
> > > > If there are international organisations meeting the criteria (and my
> > > guess
> > > > would be there are), give them all TLDs now.
> > >
> > > I believe that became "subdomains of .int".
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
> > > kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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