LAW PUNDIT Monday, December 06, 2004 12/06/2004 11:25:00 PM [Home]
Is Reformation of the Internet Necessary?
An anonymous commentator - comparing himself with Martin Luther and addressing the "netizens" of the world - has posted "Time for Reformation of the Internet" to the Susan Crawford blog. The first five paragraphs are nicely written, whereas the core of the posting is - to the eye of this viewer - quite weak.
34 Theses "In the Name of Jon Postel" are presented, primarily calling for reform of the present centralized role of ICAAN.
It is always easy to clamor for reform, but it would seem that two things are necessary:
1) the NEED for Internet reform must be convincingly argued, and
2) the Internet REFORM to be instituted must be transparently presented.
The 34 Theses do none of this.
Quite the contrary, the main concern of the posting appears to be ICAAN's monopoly on the granting or non-granting of TLDs.
Without meaning to imply a connection, it all reminds the Law Pundit a little bit of what we find posted about ICAAN at Ambler on the Net.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/06/2004 11:25:00 PM
Is Reformation of the Internet Necessary?
An anonymous commentator - comparing himself with Martin Luther and addressing the "netizens" of the world - has posted "Time for Reformation of the Internet" to the Susan Crawford blog. The first five paragraphs are nicely written, whereas the core of the posting is - to the eye of this viewer - quite weak.
34 Theses "In the Name of Jon Postel" are presented, primarily calling for reform of the present centralized role of ICAAN.
It is always easy to clamor for reform, but it would seem that two things are necessary:
1) the NEED for Internet reform must be convincingly argued, and
2) the Internet REFORM to be instituted must be transparently presented.
The 34 Theses do none of this.
Quite the contrary, the main concern of the posting appears to be ICAAN's monopoly on the granting or non-granting of TLDs.
Without meaning to imply a connection, it all reminds the Law Pundit a little bit of what we find posted about ICAAN at Ambler on the Net.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/06/2004 11:25:00 PM
......Creative Commons License
