Re: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty

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

Some may consider TLDs to more like Tribal Names than Country Names or Codes.
Cyberspace allows for people to move beyond the traditional meat-space boundaries.
Also, a TLD to one person may mean different things, take the .LANE TLD as an example.
Some people may use it for their last name and others as part of their street address. Another
group may just want to be in the Fast.Lane, whatever that is. No matter what, the new 128-bit
DNS software can find the .LANE and lock into it and track it...or is that into.IT and track.IT
as in Register.IT which clearly has nothing to do with Information Technology (.IT) or .Italy...

The toy 32-bit legacy IPv4 Internet is a great sandbox for people to play and crash TLDs.
When they mature, they can move to the commercial 128-bit DNS and the InterNAT....
...maybe that is the Fast.Lane....?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>
To: "Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@Ameritech.Net>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty


> Jim,
> I don't agree. People take pride in their nationality, or have feelings
> about it anyway, even if negative. Humans are fiercely territorial and do
> not want fuzzy borders in cyberspace any more than they want their
> geographical borders broken down in the real world. A ccTLD may be an
> arbitrary boundary to you, but it has a comfort factor to drive demand in
> the public sector, and over time, more ccTLDs will develop distinguishing
> characteristics that mark out their "terroir".
> 
> Regards,
> Joanna
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> > Fleming
> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:50 AM
> > To: ga@dnso.org
> > Subject: Re: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty
> >
> >
> > ----- 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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