[IFWP] Re: Whose Domain Is It Anyway? Nader, NSI Want To Know

1999-06-11 Thread William X. Walsh
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 22:43:00 -0700, Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Yes, it was NSI that was booted. The ICANN board modified their >original position in response to widely held public opinion (just as >you claim they never do), and restricted NSI to one seat. I take GREAT offense in y

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1999-06-11 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
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[IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Kerry Miller
Greg, > > When ICANN can be put through the same oversight and *public > > hearings as FCC, the problem will indeed be settled. > > I doubt it. The FCC has a rather poor track record of regulating > shared public resources in the public interest as of late. Are you willing to go further, and

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>If not, then please review your note's lack of responsiveness to my >specific content. This might also require re-evaluating the targeting of >your personal attack, changing it to a more reflexive reference. You've been reading too much Dilbert, Dave. Could you try that again in English ? -

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Sondow
Dave Crocker a écrit: > > On the other hand, it is refreshing to see that there is a > group he has had involvement with, but against which he does not pursue a > vendetta. Hi, Dave! Say, I was just talking with the KPFA people this afternoon. They told me that you were very popular with their a

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Dave Crocker
At 09:28 PM 6/11/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote: >you idiot - ever heard of steven lukasik? elliot maxwell? Einar stefferud? So, let's see. You claim that, as FCC staff, they took essential actions concerning the creation and/or growth of the Internet? If so, which ones, in what role(s), took w

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Gordon Cook
you idiot - ever heard of steven lukasik? elliot maxwell? Einar stefferud? >At 04:01 PM 6/11/99 -0400, A.M. Rutkowski wrote: >enabled the Internet to emerge through the Computer trilogy >>basic-enhanced dichotomy and by removing government >>regulatory agencies from the scene. It is also in i

Re: [IFWP] ICANN/DNSO Names Council Coup d'etat (Distributed with don telage's permission)

1999-06-11 Thread Dave Crocker
At 05:31 PM 6/11/99 -0700, Christopher Ambler wrote: >Lovely. Don't like the content, attack the writer. If you review the posting, you will see that Don introduced the issue, by making an assertion about himself. Presumably, he introduced his claim for a reason. As such it is entirely relev

Re: [IFWP] ICANN/DNSO Names Council Coup d'etat (Distributed with don telage's permission)

1999-06-11 Thread Christopher Ambler
Lovely. Don't like the content, attack the writer. -- Christopher Ambler Personal Opinion Only, of course This address belongs to a resident of the State of Washington who does not wish to receive any unsolicited commercial email - Original Message - From: Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [IFWP] ICANN/DNSO Names Council Coup d'etat (Distributed with don telage's permission)

1999-06-11 Thread William X. Walsh
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:04:30 -0700, Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 03:31 PM 6/11/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote: >>From: "Telage, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Javier'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [council] Fwd: Re: Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 >>10:09:19 -0400 >> >

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Dave Crocker
At 04:01 PM 6/11/99 -0400, A.M. Rutkowski wrote: enabled the Internet to emerge through the Computer trilogy >basic-enhanced dichotomy and by removing government >regulatory agencies from the scene. It is also in independent What a fascinating spin on history, claiming that the FCC was essential

Re: [IFWP] ICANN/DNSO Names Council Coup d'etat (Distributed with don telage's permission)

1999-06-11 Thread Dave Crocker
At 03:31 PM 6/11/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote: >From: "Telage, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Javier'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [council] Fwd: Re: Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 >10:09:19 -0400 > >Javier, You need to read the bylaws. Art VIB Sec2h requires that the NC >meetings

Re: [IFWP] Re: have you check your company lately

1999-06-11 Thread Jeff Williams
John and all, What is even more interesting and reveling is it looks on the surface anyway that Register.com knew it was going to be a ICANN test bed registrar sense feb of this year Wonder how that might be, hummm? John B. Reynolds wrote: > Bill Lovell wrote > > At 09:45 AM 6/11/99 -070

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Sondow
Bill Lovell a écrit: > > At 05:59 PM 6/11/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Bill Lovell a écrit: > >> > >> At 04:01 PM 6/11/99 -0400, you wrote: > >> > >> And Bill Lovell is now writing: Here, here! Tony has (finally? -- > >> sorry, Tony!) said something. Expect the whole shootin' match > >> to be taken ov

Re: [IFWP] Re: have you check your company lately

1999-06-11 Thread Jeff Williams
Bill and all, Try using http://www.crsnic.net/cgi-bin/whois Bill Lovell wrote: > At 09:45 AM 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Actually, this presents a problem. Most whois clients only look at the > >single registry, assuming one registrar per TLD and they do NOT > >differentiate between registri

Re: [IFWP] Re: have you check your company lately

1999-06-11 Thread John B. Reynolds
Bill Lovell wrote > At 09:45 AM 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Actually, this presents a problem. Most whois clients only look at the > >single registry, assuming one registrar per TLD and they do NOT > >differentiate between registries and registrars, as that is a recent > >distinction. Certainly,

[IFWP] Re: have you check your company lately

1999-06-11 Thread Bill Lovell
At 09:45 AM 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >Actually, this presents a problem. Most whois clients only look at the >single registry, assuming one registrar per TLD and they do NOT >differentiate between registries and registrars, as that is a recent >distinction. Certainly, whois does not understand th

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Mark Measday
"A.M. Rutkowski" wrote: > The FCC is unlikely to have ever created an abomination like > ICANN and its intergovernmental body within - the GAC. This > is hardly Internet self-governance. It's homecoming for all > the old OSI crowd who are intent on creating a neo UN body > to help "manage" th

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Bill Lovell
At 05:59 PM 6/11/99 -0400, you wrote: >Bill Lovell a écrit: >> >> At 04:01 PM 6/11/99 -0400, you wrote: >> >> And Bill Lovell is now writing: Here, here! Tony has (finally? -- >> sorry, Tony!) said something. Expect the whole shootin' match >> to be taken over by the FTC. :-) > >Would that be s

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Sondow
Bill Lovell a écrit: > > At 04:01 PM 6/11/99 -0400, you wrote: > > And Bill Lovell is now writing: Here, here! Tony has (finally? -- > sorry, Tony!) said something. Expect the whole shootin' match > to be taken over by the FTC. :-) Would that be so terrible? They can't make much more of a hash

[IFWP] Re: [dnso.discuss] Re: Porsche DN Trademark Lawsuits Dismissed

1999-06-11 Thread Jeff Williams
William and all,   How true, how true indeed.  Good evaluation here William.  Congrats! It may also be noted that according to the article, though not exactly spelled out, some 50 of the registrants agreed to give up their Domain Names.  I wonder how many of these was due to Porches legal intimid

[IFWP] Re: Porsche DN Trademark Lawsuits Dismissed

1999-06-11 Thread William X. Walsh
This is one clear example of why domain name disputes STILL belong in the courts, and not in a suprajudicial mandatory ADR. On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:28:00 -0700, James Santagata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Domain Trademark Suit: > >Porsche Thursday said a federal court in Virginia dismissed it

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Greg Skinner
"A.M. Rutkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The FCC has actually had an excellent record. First it enabled the > Internet to emerge through the Computer trilogy basic-enhanced > dichotomy and by removing government regulatory agencies from the > scene. [...] > (And yes, I worked there in var

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Bill Lovell
At 04:01 PM 6/11/99 -0400, you wrote: And Bill Lovell is now writing: Here, here! Tony has (finally? -- sorry, Tony!) said something. Expect the whole shootin' match to be taken over by the FTC. :-) Bill Lovell > > At 01:36 PM 6/11/99 , Greg Skinner wrote: >> >> I doubt it. The FCC has a r

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
At 01:36 PM 6/11/99 , Greg Skinner wrote: I doubt it.  The FCC has a rather poor track record of regulating shared public resources in the public interest as of late.  If you think domain names have caused a lot of controversy, read some of the debates regarding low power FM, cable (de)regulation,

[IFWP] ICANN/DNSO Names Council Coup d'etat (Distributed with dontelage's permission)

1999-06-11 Thread Gordon Cook
From: "Telage, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Javier'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [council] Fwd: Re: Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:09:19 -0400 Javier, You need to read the bylaws. Art VIB Sec2h requires that the NC meetings be open to the public. As a general rule I favor "s

[IFWP] June 11 Names Council teleconference: Grist for the mill of the Justice Department

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Sondow
The so-called Names Council of ICANN's DNSO, which according to the ICANN bylaws will have in its purview nothing less than the future policy of the Internet domain name system, today revealed to all, in a manipulated and hijacked teleconference of which tapes were made by this writer, its true na

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Greg Skinner
"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I though the HDTV thing was handled rather well. "Go away and > come back when you agree" was what happened there wasn't it ? It's a matter of opinion whether or not it was handled well. For perspectives, go to DejaNews (www.deja.com) and read pa

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>I doubt it. The FCC has a rather poor track record of regulating >shared public resources in the public interest as of late. If you >think domain names have caused a lot of controversy, read some of the >debates regarding low power FM, cable (de)regulation, HDTV, etc. I though the HDTV thing w

[IFWP] Ralph Nader Enters ICANN Fracus

1999-06-11 Thread Jay Fenello
FYI: >Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:48:24 -0400 >From: James Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: http://www.cptech.org >To: com-priv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Cybertelecom-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Letter to Esther Dyson from Ralph Nader and James Love regarding ICANN > >June 11, 199

Re: [IFWP] ICANN Commentary Mike Roberts - ICANN is set up by U.S.govt

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
I once wrote an article that discusses the government corporation control act at some length. You can read it at http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/reinvent.htm FWIW I think ICANN does not violate the letter of the GCCA, although it may well violate the spirit of it. -- A. Michael Fr

[IFWP] Re: have you check your company lately

1999-06-11 Thread Jeff Williams
Roeland and all, I fear that roeland is correct here. It is likely both a ill-thoughtout architecture and an incomplete implementation. I pointed this out some timea ago when looking over Kents specs on SRS and made some brief observations... Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: > Actually, this prese

[IFWP] Re: have you check your company lately

1999-06-11 Thread Jeff Williams
Rick and all,   It looks very much like Register.com and likely the other 4 test bed registrars of ICANn have hosed up the zone files as well as have "Bogus" entries in their DNS name servers as well.  After modifying Browser based "Whois" and doing some checking over the past 4 days Register.com

Re: [IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Greg Skinner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kerry Miller) > When ICANN can be put through the same oversight and *public > hearings as FCC, the problem will indeed be settled. I doubt it. The FCC has a rather poor track record of regulating shared public resources in the public interest as of late. If you think doma

[IFWP] Re: Sovereignty in government or People ...

1999-06-11 Thread Kerry Miller
> >ICANN is by no means the only forum where (liberal) governments have > >taken this position ... (I appreciate it is not clear what legal > >basis Mr Twomey has for conceding sovereignty on behalf of the > >governments for which he speaks... > > What other forums is this being done in? > >

[IFWP] Virus Shuts Down Microsoft, Intel, Lucent, EMC, NBC, GE Mail

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Sondow
COMPUTERGRAM INTERNATIONAL: JUNE 11 1999 SECTION: INTERNET Virus Shuts Down Microsoft, Intel, Lucent, EMC, NBC, GE Mail By Rachel Chalmers A virus that works like Melissa but seems far more virulent has destroyed files and shut down mail servers at half a dozen or more companies, including

Re: [IFWP] Roberts' reply to Post

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Sondow
Milton Mueller a écrit: > > I think Roberts deserves praise for engaging in the debate. Mr. Roberts is feeling the bite of growing criticism and needs to justify himself. > This is a conversation we > need to have. Yes, but in a different forum, an open forum, where there is true transparency

Re: [IFWP] Roberts' reply to Post

1999-06-11 Thread Kent Crispin
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 12:08:16AM -0400, Milton Mueller wrote: > > Can you spell "lock-in by network externalities," Mr. Roberts? > Efforts to start alternative roots have failed for the same reason > that an attempt to start up a new telephone system without > interconnection to AT&T would hav