RE: [ga] who owns the internet

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

I think there may be some confusion in the Jupiter Media Matrix comments
between the WWW and the Internet -- seeming to think they are one and the
same.  Let's not confuse them here in this discussion-- particularly since
the GA does in fact represent many of the more sophisticated Internet
stakeholders.     

The Jupiter Media Matrix report also missed a key fact:   growth in the
number and the categories of web sites continues -- and while many use the
term "Internet" and "WEB" interchangeably, they aren't the same thing.  :-)

As for 60% of users online time being "controlled" by 14 companies -- that
seems to ignore the amount of time users spend online sending and responding
to email -- still the most popular online activity, whether narrow band or
broadband, at home or at work.   

As for what ICANN is responsible for, among it's other limited
responsibilities, ICANN is introducing competition in the delivery of
registration services; however, it has never had any oversight over the
content of Web sites, nor the infrastructure which makes up the Internet.
And, frankly, I would think that we would all agree with that!  

No one, not ICANN staff,ICANN board, nor ICANN stakeholders, wants to turn
control of access to content and content on web sites,  over to anyone other
than themselves!  I would think that one of the general areas of agreement
among the diverse ICANN stakeholder community.  

Marilyn

-----Original Message-----
From: Jefsey Morfin [mailto:jefsey@wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 1:53 PM
To: ga@dnso.org
Subject: [ga] who owns the internet


"Big corporations have a significant and growing presence on the Internet. 
In March, just 14 companies controlled 60 percent of users' online time, 
down from 110 companies two years earlier, Jupiter Media Metrix found. 
Policy decisions and technological developments in the next year and beyond 
could give big business even greater power in the online world."

This shows the failure of the ICANN which was supposed to foster 
competiton... I do not know if an other politic could have done better. But 
this certainly explains the frustration of many.

May be the author went confused with his words: "technical decisions for 
political development"  would better explain the situation.

Jefsey

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