>Tamar concludes: But I
also recognize that ICANN has to be built.
why Tamar.... **WHY**?
what is gained by building the unaccountable public authority that now exists?
where do you see one shred of evidence that these people are
interested in doing with ICANN a gosh darn thing other than using it
as a lever to increase their financial winnings in a zero sum game??
read lessig's new book please.....
he finally mentioned ICANN in passing toward the end.... but there
is no way it could be taken except very indirectly as an attack on
ICANN.
what lessig understands with brilliance is the deeply flawed
foundation on which ICANN is being built.. in the end he talks of
the role of LAW as a persuader and educator rather than as a club to
use against an enemy in a zero sum game....
persuade and reason with us.... tell us in detail why you come to
such a conclusion. I am persuadable....I am educable...if the
arguments are there. but the architects of ICANN incur wrath because
they refuse to persuade and educate and instead speak ex-cathedra.
I wasn't going to respond but decided to just now when an ICANN
architect forwarded me you message privately and without comment.
lessig gets it. The ICANN architects do not. why is that?
Educate the rest of us.... please. the internet is running just
fine without ICANN thank you.
>Ken: I was the one who did not believe in the selection process of ICANN's
>board and who spoke, whenever I could, for membership and election. But I
>also recognize that ICANN has to be built. The current board is composed of
>people whom I respect. It has the support of the government, conditioned on
>changes.
>
>I think that criticism of ICANN is absolutely essential until such time as
>it will be structured correctly, and that you and many others are crucial
>to this process. But I have not given up hope and especially would not ask
>Esther to walk away. The fear, mistrust and disrespect among the various
>group interests in this area is blatant and clear. Each of the groups must
>gain legitimacy in the eyes of the other. I believe and hope that the US
>government will not relinquish control over ICANN until it is satisfied
>that its current deficiencies will be eliminated or reduced. If the
>executive does not do so, the Congress or other government agencies will.
>So, Esther, please stay on.
>
>Tamar
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