[governance] Need Help - History of Internet Governance

[laina at getit-multimedia.com]

Yupe I agree, which is why I included the 1996-98 period where there was the Postel draft, CORE, IAHC, etc etc.

Laina

> 
> From: Ronda Hauben <ronda at panix.com>
> Date: Sat 08/10/2005 2:40 AM GMT+08:00
> To: laina at getit-multimedia.com
> CC: Jovan Kurbalija <jovank at diplomacy.edu>, 
>    "'WSIS Internet Governance Caucus'" <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, 
>    Ronda Hauben <ronda at panix.com>,  igdvd at diplomacy.edu
> Subject: Re: Re: [governance] Need Help - History of Internet Governance
> 
> 
> Hi Laina
> 
> I thought there was a real problem not only with the Magaziner activity
> in 1998 but with the pre 1998 activity like gTLD-MoU which the ITU and
> others were involved with in 1997 or so - where it was a closed meeting
> that came up with some proposal, something also not in line with the
> history of the development of the Internet. The privatization of the US
> portion of the Internet and the pressure on other countries to privatize
> their Internet connections was a time when the problems were raised.
> 
> After that it was a situation of fighting among different entities.
> 
> 
> On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, laina at getit-multimedia.com wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Ronda, very interesting reading indeed your articles. Just curious why 
> > you did not describe the process from 1996 to 1998 before ICANN was 
> > formed i.e. from the Postel draft, IAHC, CORE, the IFWP process, and the 
> > 4 models proposed, etc. I believe the domain handbook and the cookl 
> > report does describe this process as well. It was the early days when 
> > there was genuine interest from the US to "internationalise" Internet 
> > Governance to an "international not-for-profit organisation". That whole
> 
> What "international not-for-profit" organization? What are you referring
> to? There were struggles during this period between Postel's IANA
> and Network Solutions (NSI) over who controlled the root server 
> system. The impression I had from this fight was that Postel was
> threatened at some point by Magaziner with criminal charges for his
> efforts to keep NSI from controlling the root server system and
> Postel basically then let the lawyers that came into the situation do
> whatever they would do. (I thought the lawyers were originally brought
> in on the guise of being there to defend Postel, but the situation
> became the lawyers becoming an entity drafting ICANN.)
> 
> From 1992 or so on, the US model became a privatized Internet.
> 
> Gordon Cook in the Cook Report did complain about this process, as did the
> the US Inspector General.
> 
> None of that had any effect on the rush to privatize the public wealth
> that the US government at the time was involved with, probably under
> pressure from business interests.
> 
> > process and what IRa Magaziner did before he caved in to political and 
> > business interests, is very similar to what we are going through now 
> > (except now it is driven by the others countries whilst the later was 
> > driven by the US gov).
> 
> It seemed, to the contrary, that the problem originated from the way
> the US rushed to privatize the US portion of the Internet in a way
> that was also contrary to the US constitution. The US constitution
> requires that there be public discussion before the US Congress can
> give away US public property to a private entity.
> 
> There was some footnote in one of the US government reports about this
> requirement.
> 
> So I suggest it is important to look back at the Internet development
> before the privatization activity the US government embarked on.
> Once it was on that path, it was a slippery slop.
> 
> There is a rather long article about the problems of the privatization
> in Netizens - that speaks of the debate online over the situation.
> Its online at http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x14
> 
> Also there is a chapter there about the privatization of the US
> portion of the Internet.
> 
> What's your sense of what is needed to deal with the current impasse?
> 
> >
> > Just thought this would be also an important part of history to be 
> > remembered as well in any DVD or otherwise materials to help put things 
> > in some perspective of how ICANN started out broke.
> >
> 
> best wishes
> 
> Ronda
> 
> 

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