Re: [ga] Re: iCANN's protection

["JandL" <jandl@jandl.com>]

A public utilities commission is government.  ICANN is private, but 
acting as government.  It is, in fact, acting like a monopoly in the 
rootzone business and attempting to control who can or cannot 
participate in the industry.  It is acting like government in setting 
policy that citizens (users) must comply with, but who have no real 
representation in that government.  So it is more like a dictatorship 
with advisors.  It is something undefined in law that can create 
policies that act and look like law by fiat and that supercedes law.

> At 02:04 PM 4/18/2001, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> > > I'm sorry, but I think your analysis of ICANN-as-monopoly is
> > > *very* far from describing ICANN's real behavior or its real
> > > nature or even it's possible nature. I think a far better model
> > > for ICANN would be a professional society, or a industry standards
> > > body.
> >
> >Let's diregard the USG's role, and let's look at the product ICANN is
> >offering to the public: The root zone file.  ICANN is currently the
> >only source for a generally-accepted root zone, that is, ICANN is a
> >(probably natural) monopoly on the market to root zone files.
> 
> 
> Let's just check a question about the use of the term "monopoly".
> 
> There is a type of oversight body, sometimes called a "public
> utilities commission".  It does not provide direct service; rather it
> oversees the work and pricing of those organizations that DO provide
> service.  I have never heard anyone refer to such a commission as a
> monopoly.
> 
> Please explain why you DO refer to a public utilities commission as a
> monopoly.
> 
> If you do not refer to them that way, then please explain the
> operational differences between the role and style of ICANN, versus
> such a commission.
> 
> d/
> 
> 
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