> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usrfc2/dotusrfc2.htm It is evident, from even a cursory reading of the NTIA's Request for Comments on its Statement of Work regarding the reorganization of .US, that the DOC intends, or at least wishes, to place .US under the aegis and control of ICANN. This will, rather than make of .US a haven for personal, individual, non-profit, and non-commercial users (as was originally intended by the DOC itself and supported by most of the participants in the past two years of multilateral discussions on .US reorganization), turn .US into another commodity to be exploited by craven registrars and their greedy clients, just as has been done with .ORG and .NET. The ICIIU considers the NTIA's intention to subject .US to ICANN, implicit in its recent RFC, to be a very grievous error bordering on madness. The ICIIU will be publishing detailed comments in response to the NTIA's RFC. Michael Sondow ================================================================= INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF INDEPENDENT INTERNET USERS http://www.iciiu.org (ICIIU) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel(718)846-7482 Fax(603)754-8927 =================================================================
