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

[Veni Markovski]

I didn't know AI has anything to do with the 
Internet, mainly the DNS / root servers / IP?

Let's be serious, for at least 5 minutes, can we? 
It's one thing to talk about organizations that 
monitor / criticize governments, and which has 
built its statute based on a history that has had 
nothing to do with governments. It's quite 
different to talk about organization, that was 
created in order to take something from a 
particular government, at a point when no other 
governments were interested in it.
So, when comparing apples, compare them with apples, not with pears.

Also, if we have to talk about an example of an 
organization that did something similar to what 
AI did in the Internet field, I'd like to talk 
real issues, not theoretical ones. I have the 
honor to be chair of an organization that was 
created from individuals, sued a couple of 
governments, and managed to make them understand 
that what ISOC-Bulgaria says about the Internet, 
is what they should be doing. Now, can an 
international organization do that in 250 
countries and teritories? I doubt it. Can ISOC 
chapters do that? In certain countries - yes. In 
certain - may be. In certain - hardly.

So, instead of blaming ICANN for the fact that 
it's doing its job in the best way it can (and 
that does not mean the work can't be done better; 
but for the time being there's no one else who 
can do it better), and arguing that it's a 
problem of the leadership / staff / board / lobby 
/ etc., perhaps it's better to think about 
improving the Internet penetration, the 
affordable access to the Internet, etc. Hardly 
anyone of the one billion users cares about 
ICANN. The only people who care seem to be the 
ones who have the funding and the time to build 
their lives around ICANN. Life does not start, 
neither it ends with ICANN. I prefer to deal with 
the fact that there are places, where if you 
publish something on the web, your computers may 
be confiscated by the police. Or if you search 
for "HIV", you may be blamed as HIV-positive, and your life ruined. Etc., etc.

veni


At 02:56 PM 03.12.2006 '?.'Ъ▄Ж  -0200, Avri Doria wrote:

>On 3 dec 2006, at 12.43, Veni Markovski wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>>If Icann did not exist, may be we would have the opportunity to
>>>finally create an autonomous, pluralist, truly international,
>>>government-independent organization.
>>
>>... do you really believe that such an organization could have any
>>impact on governments?
>
>
>yes.
>
>e.g. amnesty international does
>
>a.
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Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
http://www.veni.com

check also my blog:
http://blog.veni.com


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