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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Statements against new.net?
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Patrick Greenwell wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Mathew Butler wrote: > > > Adrian: The key word is "cooperating". New.net (and its brethren that are > > being born in technology incubators as we speak) are not "cooperating", > > they're intentionally "culture-jamming" for their own gain. > > Perhaps you might like to define "cooperating" for us? Has ICANN > cooperated with the individuals and organizations that currently run > alternate TLDs which predate the existence of ICANN? Or is it > rather simply that "might makes right" and they only need to cooperate > with "people that matter?" At some point cooperation has to yield to due process - at least that's the history of society to date. Unless there's a major change to the Internet infrastructure, we need DNS to function reliably, and that requires that the root nameservers behave the way they're supposed to. Just as key pieces of the telephone system are REQUIRED to behave in certain ways - as negotiated through well defined and legally sanctioned processes, and enforced by the ITU and various national level authorities - so must key pieces of the Internet be under the jurisdiction of clearly defined processes and authorities. The Internet is no longer an experiment that people can mess around with with impunity. Right now, like it or not, ICANN is the duly authorized authority for Internet naming and numbering. Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. ************************************************************************** The Center for Civic Networking PO Box 600618 Miles R. Fidelman, President & Newtonville, MA 02460-0006 Director, Municipal Telecommunications Strategies Program 617-558-3698 fax: 617-630-8946 [email protected] http://civic.net/ccn.html Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!" **************************************************************************
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