Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-12 Thread Jeff Williams
Gordon and all, I can think of about 98k others that agree with you that it is questionable that Esther Dyson is telling the truth. She has deceived us before. One more time won't make a hell of a lot of difference. Gordon Cook wrote: > let's hope she is telling the truth. I for one don't b

Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-12 Thread Gordon Cook
let's hope she is telling the truth. I for one don't believe that she is. >I found Esther's written critique of content "self-regulation," as distributed >on Farber's list, to be wonderfully on target--and a great relief. > >Esther Dyson wrote: > > > FWIW, the first thing I said when I stood u

Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-12 Thread Jeff Williams
Milton and all, I agree with you Milton. Unfortunately I have great reservations as to it sincerity given the already well know actions that the DNSO and the ICANN has taken in filtering, which several on this an other lists have subjected to just recently on the part of ICANN and the DNSO via

Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-12 Thread Milton Mueller
I found Esther's written critique of content "self-regulation," as distributed on Farber's list, to be wonderfully on target--and a great relief. Esther Dyson wrote: > FWIW, the first thing I said when I stood up was that I was speaking for > myself and not for ICANN, since ICANN is not and shou

[Attention Esther Dyson] to:Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-11 Thread Jeff Williams
Esther and all, In this, we completely agree. ICANN should not be involved in the rating or filtering business. However this makes me amongst others why the various DNSO mailing lists are involved in filtering of various sorts and utilizing several methods? Any insight on that Esther? As

Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-11 Thread Esther Dyson
FWIW, the first thing I said when I stood up was that I was speaking for myself and not for ICANN, since ICANN is not and should not be involved in the rating or filtering business. Esther Dyson At 09:30 am 09/10/1999 -0700, Mark C. Langston wrote: > >Since Esther's at the global meeting for est

[IFWP] Looks to me like a likely scenario should icann succeed Re:[IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-10 Thread Gordon Cook
>>Since Esther's at the global meeting for establishing mandatory net >>content ratings, and seems to be chafing a bit over it, I'd like to >>point something out: >> >>Domain names would probably have to be rated as well. >>Since Esther *is* at this conference, and is the de facto face of ICANN, >

Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-10 Thread Jeff Williams
Mikki and all, I have wondered when ICANN and was going to get around the the "Content" issue with respect to DN's and their related information that they contain. As I recall we had some lengthy discussion about this some time ago now. I also have wondered what "Excuse" ICANN was going to us

Re: [IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-10 Thread Mikki Barry
>Since Esther's at the global meeting for establishing mandatory net >content ratings, and seems to be chafing a bit over it, I'd like to >point something out: > >Domain names would probably have to be rated as well. >Since Esther *is* at this conference, and is the de facto face of ICANN, >should

[IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-10 Thread Mark C. Langston
Since Esther's at the global meeting for establishing mandatory net content ratings, and seems to be chafing a bit over it, I'd like to point something out: Domain names would probably have to be rated as well. Since Esther *is* at this conference, and is the de facto face of ICANN, shouldn't so