Re: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty

["Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@ameritech.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:21 AM
Subject: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty


> I personally find it odd that many of the same people who see a ccTLD as
> belonging to a state -- usually by some theory that it is an appurtenance
> of sovereignty -- can also argue that the *sovereign* state is misusing it
> if it leases it out or uses it for revenue.  Is Burundi "misusing" postage
> stamps if it creates them to sell to collectors?
> 
> Can these views be reconciled? How?
> -- 

Michael,

With all due respect, you apparently do not have the time to keep up with all of the changes taking place.

The so-called ccTLDs have been shipped off-shore. The decision was made to phase them out and to
let the GAC handle the baby-sitting of the 0:0 .ARPA and IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name space. Keep
in mind....that is a very small address space. There is really not much to do, but watch the paint dry at this
point in time. The same can be said for the so-called ccTLDs that have no potential in the free marketplace.
They will eventually fade completely from the scene. Most netizens already have no interest or knowledge
about them. They have no mind-share or market-share. Using your "stamps" comparison, a country can
print anything they want and if some fool buys it, collects it, etc. then who cares ? What .0000000001 %
of the world does, is not interesting.

The InterNAT (aka NAT, ICS, IPv8, etc.) is focused on selling to the market. The Top 2,048 TLDs will
be the marketplace leaders. The software selects them and the so-called ccTLDs are not in that population.

Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info





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