Re: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty

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

Joop, Joanna and all former DNSO GA members,

  "America" is not regulating the Internet.  ICANN is indeed a
California USA corp. that is contracted to the USG via the
DOC/NTIA.  However ICANN's board is somewhat regionally
diverse.  To the limited extent that ICANN could impose such
a regulation regarding any ccTLD that is not hosted in it's
hone country is of course not reasonable.  But not for the reasons
that Joop here seems to wish to put forward.  Pure propaganda.

  Joanna of course in her grasp of the situation in this debate, is
much more accurate yet still misses the mark slightly.

  ccTLD's by ISO agreement are under the jurisdiction of the
assigned country to which the depict or represent, thereby
acknowledging to whom those ccTLD's "Belong".  And therefore
sovereignty is implied if not assured to the respective country.

  Where certain members of the ICANN BoD and staff seem
to be having a problem is the notion that gTLD's and ccTLD's
due to some ccTLD's business and marketing practices, are
in direct competition with some of ICANN's "Accredited"
gTLD registries and that some majority of ccTLD's are not
in agreement with the terms of those "Accreditation" contracts
and will not voluntarily sign such a contract as such would
impede the business interests of those ccTLD's now, or in the
changing and uncertain future.

  ICANN wishes to have a "One world under ICANN, TLD
set of standards".  Much of the rest of the world and their
respective ccTLD's are not in agreement with that set of
standards for operation of a TLD registry that ICANN would
wish to either impose or strongly pressure them into.

  And so, the TLD name space front of these battles continue...

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 07:10 a.m. 29/03/2003, Joanna Lane wrote:
> >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".
>
> I agree with Joanna on this .
> ccTLD's with 'jurisdiction were the registry is"  are holding out a tiny
> hope for resistance against a completely American regulated internet.
>
> - Those who believe in direct democracy pass the real test when they still
> respect it when they disagree with the results.
>
> -joop
>
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