Roberto and all,
Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> Bill Lowell wrote:
> > At 02:47 PM 3/29/99 -0500, you (Jay Fenello, I assume) wrote:
> > >
> <snip>
> > >
> > >Frankly, this is what all the fighting is
> > >about. ICANN, like the gTLD-MoU before it,
> > >wants to own all levels of the name space,
> > >INCLUDING cerebalaw.com!
> >
> > Well, we'll see about that, now won't we? :-)
> >
> > Certain nations can control certain air spaces, or
> > certain limited reaches of the sea within limits
> > that are specified by international treaty, but
> > no country owns even one atom of the air or
> > the sea -- they belong to humanity, as does
> > every speck of domain name space, from time
> > immemorial until the Big Bang bounces back.
> >
> Exactly.
>
> It has to do with "administration" but not with ownership.
> IMHO, we need an authority that sets the rules for administration or
> coordination of the domain name space, exactly in the same way we have an
> authority that administers the air space for civil (or commercial) use -
> ICAO.
This is a bit of a mischaracterization Roberto. The Accreditation
Policy from ICANN, which BTW, does not have nor will likely
ever have Stakeholder approval, as required by the White paper,
is much different in comparison to the ICAO. These "Accreditation's"
are a mechanism by which the ICANN can use to control who can
and who cannot enter into the Registry/Registrar industry, which
is defacto "Control".
>
>
> ICAO does not "own" the air space, but it sets the rules internationally
> accepted for the usage of it (from the definition of the air routes to the
> requrements for the airports, from the security and safety rules to the
> standardisation of procedures and protocols). ICANN is to the Internet Names
> and Numbers what ICAO is to civil aviation and air space.
This is a gross misconception and misstatement Roberto. (See above
comment).
>
>
> BTW, from which source comes the idea of ICANN wanting to "own" all levels
> of the domain space?
Again, see above comment.
> Up to now I have heard it often, but always as an
> opinion of somebody on ICANN's intentions, and I was unable so far to find
> any document where ICANN itself makes this claim.
See the Accreditation Policy link on the ICANN web site.
>
>
> Can somebody point me to such a document? ;>)
>
> Thanks
> Roberto
Regards,
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