Re: [ga] who owns the internet

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

Marilyn and all assembly members,

Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:

> 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.

  I am on vacation down here in  South Padre Is. but I could not let this
somewhat misstatement pass until I returned.  The WWW IS PART of
the internet Merilyn, there is no "Between" Merilyn.  So perhaps you
are the one confused Merilyn. :(  However as a non-technical type
and a lobbyist for AT&T, this is of course not surprising, and therefore
understandable..

>
>
> 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.  :-)

  Again the "Web" or "World Wide Web" is PART of the internet, Merilyn.

>
>
> 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.

  Finally and accurate statement.  Thank god!

>
>
> 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!

  True!  However as you well know with your activities of late in the
"BC" Business Constituency, it would seem that there is some strong
propensity for content control or shall we say, censorship, by other
members of the "BC" Business constituency of ICANN.  Indeed and
unfortunate ongoing occurrence and/or event.

>
>
> 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.

  Yes this comment as stated would be most likely correct.  To bad however
it is not practiced by the ICANN staff, BOD or more importantly some
of the ICANN "Constituencies"....

>
>
> 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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Regards,
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