Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Jeff Williams
Mark, William and all, Actually you both are right as far as it goes, that is. William is correct in that we are all part of the market, in one form or another. Mark is correct in that each individual has the ability to choose what part of the market he/she/it chooses to be. Cthulhu's Little

[IFWP] Forwarded message

1999-06-28 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 01:54:21 >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Hi > >Javier; > >I am going to respond to your letter as there seems to be >some misunderstanding. For accuracy sake, I was going to >look at the original but I don't seem to have a

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:30:04 -0700, "Cthulhu's Little Helper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 29 June 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote: > >>On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:39:04 -0700, "Cthulhu's Little Helper" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> >>>The net is no more a market-enabling tec

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Cthulhu's Little Helper
On 29 June 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote: >On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:39:04 -0700, "Cthulhu's Little Helper" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>The net is no more a market-enabling technology than the phone is. I = >mean >>that literally. As in, the phone enables me to make more

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>The Internet was not the "market" when it was born and it isn't >and won't be a "market now or in the future. > >It is a communication medium. So is a newspaper, and by Jesus look at the ads in that thing. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] "They were of a mind to govern us and we were o

[IFWP] Re: [discuss] Notes - Names Council Meeting, San Jose - 062599

1999-06-28 Thread Joop Teernstra
At 18:44 28/06/1999 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote: > >I notice that the DNRC has posted a press release protesting the >cybersquatting bill. That points out that it is quite possible that >the WIPO recommendations could be *better* for the domain holder >than any particular countries laws. >[...]

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Gene Marsh
Mark, I disagree completely. The phone is, indeed, a merket-enabling technology. Whether you wish it to be used as a method to be targeted for selling to you, the potential is there... the market is enabled. The method in which the potential is used has little to do with the potential which is

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread William X. Walsh
>It would seem you need idea of the history and development of >the Internet to understand the Internet *not* some theories >that don't work outside of the Interent, and are certainly inappropriate >to the nature of a communications medium. Now we get to the crux. You don't believe in a free op

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Ronda Hauben
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Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:39:04 -0700, "Cthulhu's Little Helper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 29 June 1999, Gene Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>Rhonda, >> >>You may be missing the point. >> >>The Internet is not a merket, any more than the Interstate Highway system >>is a market. It IS,

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On 29 June 1999, Gene Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Rhonda, > >You may be missing the point. > >The Internet is not a merket, any more than the Interstate Highway system >is a market. It IS, however, a market-enabling technology, just as the >Interstate Highway system is. Without it, ou

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Rhonda, You may be missing the point. The Internet is not a merket, any more than the Interstate Highway system is a market. It IS, however, a market-enabling technology, just as the Interstate Highway system is. Without it, our economy would not be nearly as robust as it is. In a similar man

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:02:07 -0400 (EDT), Ronda Hauben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Ronda, > >>What the internet started as is of no relevence.=20 > >>What it is now, is exactly what I stated. > > >>It is time for you to accept that the internet has changed, and move >>on. > >The Internet was not

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) writes: On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:14:17 -0400 (EDT), Ronda Hauben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote: > >>>The internet, by definition, is a network of interconnected networks. >>>These networks are not a "uniform" set of

[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Dave Crocker ]

1999-06-28 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:Non-member submission from [Dave Crocker ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] >Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:09:19 -0400 (EDT) > >>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon

[IFWP] re: Speaking of verification

1999-06-28 Thread Joop Teernstra
Diane Cabell wrote: >How do you verify the identity of a voter or otherwise avoid the same person >registering under multiple addresses? All voters on a given voters roll have their unique login and password. Although the voting result is anonymous, log analysis would show foul play. There woul

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
At 10:54 PM 6/28/99 +0200, Onno Hovers wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> Neither does France allow individuals to register in .fr. These two >> countries, Australia and France, are the organizers and leaders of >> the GAC. Couple that with the fact that no individuals have been

[IFWP] DNRC press release

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Cybersquatting bill would harm legitimate communication and small business. June 28, 1999 - Herndon, Virginia The Domain Name Rights Coalition (DNRC) is calling for revamping of the "Anti Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act" to protect vital free speech and small business interests. "The bi

[IFWP] Re: refreshing details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Michael S wrote, > Couple that with the fact that no individuals have been allowed in > the DNSO. What do you see as the future of individual registration > in the all the TLDs? That's easy! Obviously, individuality is obsolete; Hungary etc are the future. Everyone will be 'incorporated' with

[IFWP] ICANNWATCH.ORG is now up and running!

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
All, David Post has started a new site to increase awareness to the public of the "ICANN Happenings". see http://www.icannwatch.org for more details. E-Mail list also available. Spread the word! Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Onno Hovers
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Neither does France allow individuals to register in .fr. These two > countries, Australia and France, are the organizers and leaders of > the GAC. Couple that with the fact that no individuals have been > allowed in the DNSO. What do you see as the futu

Re: [IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:14:17 -0400 (EDT), Ronda Hauben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote: > >>The internet, by definition, is a network of interconnected networks. >>These networks are not a "uniform" set of networks. They are diverse, >>and the attempt to f

Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN too be a front...

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Kerry and all, Kerry Miller wrote: > Kudos to Dave Farber, quoted by Cook: > > > I would object violently to anything with lubricated > > electronic commerce and violated my rights as a US citizen. > > >for prompting a new acronym: IKYANN Yes indeed Kudos to Dave and yourself as well he

[IFWP] Re: ICANN too be a front...

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Kudos to Dave Farber, quoted by Cook: > I would object violently to anything with lubricated > electronic commerce and violated my rights as a US citizen. > for prompting a new acronym: IKYANN

[IFWP] Re: quasi-government role of ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
> "A.M. Rutkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Which reminds me - are there any historical examples where > >an entity playing a quasi-governmental role like ICANN has > >ever displayed such amazing behavior as we've witnessed over > >the past couple of weeks - and whether it doesn't essen

[IFWP] Re: Individual representation

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
William, I hadnt taken you for an idealist! > > 1) Is this an area in which we have authority over/charter to address? > No, but the proper authorities are neglecting their duty. > 2) Are there harms that exist that warrant the creation of a policy? > No, but there could be and we s

[IFWP] Re: Missing archives from ICANN Comments

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Whomever and all, Thank you for correcting the problem, all be it somewhat delayed. However again as a reminder, the comments now listed at http://www.icann.org/comments-mail/icann-current/maillist.html were not present on June 22, when I posted my second query. Thank you for your somewhat be

[IFWP] IETF squabbling again...

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
All, I thought this might be of some interest. I especially thought the "Subject" line was rather funny Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-4

[IFWP] Computer science or the "market", government or ICANN

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote: >The internet, by definition, is a network of interconnected networks. >These networks are not a "uniform" set of networks. They are diverse, >and the attempt to force on them a set of policies that are "uniform" >in nature, when there is no compelling

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
>Esther Dyson a écrit: >> >> Likewise, no individuals in Hungary. > >Not the best support for such a policy. :~| agreed for than matter no individuals in Russia either The COOK Report on InternetIndex to seven years of

Re: [IFWP] quasi-government role of ICANN illegal under U.S. law

1999-06-28 Thread Ronda Hauben
"Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ronda Hauben wrote: ICANN is illegal and the U.S. government's effort to create ICANN is unconstitutional. Is the Government Corporate Control Act law online? If so where? I will take a look at your article when I get the ch

Re: [IFWP] quasi-government role of ICANN illegal under U.S. law

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Michael and all, Interesting how that woks out isn't it? B. Burr counsels the formation of the GAC, and than automatically sits on it. Kinda sounds allot like self serving fix, doesn't it? Maybe I am paranoid? ROFLMAO! And the divisiveness continues Michael Sondow wrote: > Michael F

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Esther Dyson a écrit: > > Likewise, no individuals in Hungary. Not the best support for such a policy. :~|

Re: [IFWP] quasi-government role of ICANN illegal under U.S. law

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law a écrit: > > You will note there that most of the corporations the GCCA aimed to squash > were formed by US government employees and owned in whole or part by the > USG. ICANN is different: no USG employees formed it Not strictly speaking true. B. Burr si

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Ivan Pope a écrit: > > It's restricted to French companies, anyway. What is? .FR or COM.FR?

[IFWP] Re: [discuss] Individual representation

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Cool. compared to Randy Dave Crocker sounds like a real gentleman Keep up the good work Randy... Agreed. It means the academic employees -- the academics (NOT the "academic institutions") -- are disenfranchised. Which was my point and Ellen's, and which neither of us se

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Likewise, no individuals in Hungary. Esther Dyson At 02:25 PM 28/06/99 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >Neither does France allow individuals to register in .fr. These two >> >> Michael, >> >> France put out an interesting announcement last week allowing >> individuals to register. They're

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Michael and all, Well the reason that France does things in this manner is to a great extent seeded in it's historic past. They have always been a little backwards about things. Remember the history of W.W.II? That is why France fell so quickly and was split between the "Free French" and "Vi

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Michael and all, I take it that your question was a general one and directed at this list as a whole. In that light, my observation and opinion along with the INEGroup's opinion in this instance is a as follows: 1.) The ICANN in it's "Accreditation Policy" is attempting to eliminate or

[IFWP] [Fwd: draft agenda for POISSON meeting in Oslo]

1999-06-28 Thread Jeff Williams
All, For those that are interested... -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 POISSON meeting

Re: [IFWP] quasi-government role of ICANN illegal under U.S. law

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
An article on US federal government corporations appears at http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/reinvent.htm You will note there that most of the corporations the GCCA aimed to squash were formed by US government employees and owned in whole or part by the USG. ICANN is different: no USG

RE: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Ivan Pope
> A.M. Rutkowski a écrit: > > > > France put out an interesting announcement last week allowing > > individuals to register. They're instituting COM.FR as a > > domain where anyone can register anything. It's effectively > > a new French gTLD. > > That doesn't make much sense. Why don't they

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
A.M. Rutkowski a écrit: > > France put out an interesting announcement last week allowing > individuals to register. They're instituting COM.FR as a > domain where anyone can register anything. It's effectively > a new French gTLD. That doesn't make much sense. Why don't they have commercial e

Re: [IFWP] quasi-government role of ICANN illegal under U.S. law

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
"A.M. Rutkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Which reminds me - are there any historical examples where >an entity playing a quasi-governmental role like ICANN has >ever displayed such amazing behavior as we've witnessed over >the past couple of weeks - and whether it doesn't essentially >disenf

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread sthaug
> >Neither does France allow individuals to register in .fr. These two > > Michael, > > France put out an interesting announcement last week allowing > individuals to register. They're instituting COM.FR as a > domain where anyone can register anything. It's effectively > a new French gTLD. No

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
At 08:12 AM 6/28/99 , you wrote: Neither does France allow individuals to register in .fr. These two Michael, France put out an interesting announcement last week allowing individuals to register.  They're instituting COM.FR as a domain where anyone can register anything.  It's effectively a new

Re: [IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Joop Teernstra a écrit: > > Prof Froomkin wrote, > > >I made a very similar argument in the WIPO process. It's clear they want > >people to have to pay regularly so that they can check the validity of the > >contact details so they can serve them. No other reason was ever > >advanced. > > > >

Re: [IFWP] Re: [Membership] Speaking of verification (and saving money)

1999-06-28 Thread Diane Cabell
How do you verify the identity of a voter or otherwise avoid the same person registering under multiple addresses? Diane Cabell http://www.mama-tech.com Fausett, Gaeta & Lund, LLP Boston, MA Joop Teernstra wrote: > Thanks for letting me know. It is a typical example of a bottom-up effort. > Th

[IFWP] refreshing contact details

1999-06-28 Thread Joop Teernstra
Prof Froomkin wrote, >I made a very similar argument in the WIPO process. It's clear they want >people to have to pay regularly so that they can check the validity of the >contact details so they can serve them. No other reason was ever >advanced. > In Berlin I had a private argument with the

[IFWP] Re: [Membership] Speaking of verification (and saving money)

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
At 11:43 27/06/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >The IDNO has a working electronic voting system. A bit clunky, >but it >works. > Thanks for letting me know. It is a typical example of a bottom-up effort. The software is getting better, the bugs are getting caught and new functions are added as the nee

Re: [IFWP] regular exprssion of the general assembly of the dnso

1999-06-28 Thread Jeff Williams
Roberto and all, Which IETF list are you refering to? To my knowledge, most, if not all of the IETF lists are restricted form these sort of discussions. Roberto Gaetano wrote: > Richard, > > You wrote: > > > The [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list has 53 members. > > > > The IFWP list has 156 mem

[IFWP] dave crocker unsubscribed

1999-06-28 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Dave's system has got the flu: >Return-Path: <> >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:47:16 -0700 (PDT) >From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Returned mail: Can't create output >Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) > >The o