[governance] New dot com agreement changes USG-ICANN relationship

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi,

> We need a new global governance regime and in entering into it we must
> as a principle be deeply aware of the fact that the Internet's growth
> and much of its value came from the fact that govts had no regulation or
> control over how it initially evolved.

This was definitely true for the past. I am not sure its still true for 
the present.

I believe that any self governance mechanism must prove that it is able 
to produce at least equally good results as an (inter-)governmental 
regime. A crucial part of this "equally good" would be reliable rules 
and appeals mechanisms. In order to gain the trust and the legitimacy 
they need, private governance mechanisms need to develop an equivalent 
to the rule of law. I am not sure ICANN takes its own rules seriously 
enough to deserve the responsibility it has.

jeanette


  We need to define a proper
> division of labor between state/interstate coercion and constrain, which
> should be minimal, and Internet operation and content, which should
> remain with PS/CS. 
> 
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