Re: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

Since those aspects of ccTLD managment are handled by 'IANA', and 'IANA'
seems to be exempt from all ICANN transparency rules, why not just hive it
off?

(Readers wanting to know about the IANA/ICANN separation fiction are
invited to read a series of articles on ccTLD issues that have appeared on
www.icannwatch.org in the last few months...)


On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> Leah,
> 
> >
> >Actually, you have a serious point.  I have long wondered why
> >ccTLDs should not simply be included in the root and let it go at
> >that.
> 
> 
> With which mechanism?
> I mean, who decides if a "thing" is a ccTLD or not, and if the operator is 
> authoritative?
> Somebody must have the responsibility for inclusion of a new TLD, things do 
> not just happen by themselves.
> 
> >
> >On 30 Aug 2001, at 20:08, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, I kind of wonder
> > > 1. why icann should have ANY say over ccTLDs?
> 
> Because ccTLDs have no other possibility to be included in the root.
> The situation is not static, countries appear and disappear, and new records 
> shall be created/removed.
> You may consider it unfortunate, but ICANN has this authority, even if it 
> acts only under adult supervision by USG (by USG has made it clear since the 
> Ira Magaziner times that it wants to operate behind the curtain, delegating 
> the front role to an entity acting under agreement with USG). In other 
> words, if it is not ICANN, it must be somebody else, since the real owner 
> (USG) considers politically unwise to act directly.
> 
> 
> > > 2. why ccTLDs should have ANY say over ICANN?
> > >
> 
> If they don't want to, they should be free not to.
> But if I were a ccTLD Registry, I would consider myself a stakeholder, and 
> would like to have a say in what is going on. Just like Registrants are 
> trying to do.
> 
> Regards
> Roberto
> 
> P.S.: Just curious, why these questions? What is the alternative scenario 
> that you envisage for entry/exit from the root?
> - ccTLDs "self-manage";
> - USG acting directly;
> - a third entity different from ICANN does it (VeriSign?)
> 
> 
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