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

[Ronda Hauben]

On 12/4/06, Milton Mueller <Mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>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.

The myth that government had no regulation or control over how the 
Internet initially evolved is important to put to rest.

The Internet was built under a good form of government leadership.

The problem of the myth is that instead of building on the actual model 
that made it possible to create the Internet, the actual practice is 
thrown out the window and models are created that have no basis for being 
with regard to the Internet.

Instead of paying serious attention to the history and practice of how the 
Internet was built, there is the fallacious effort to invent something 
that has no connection to the Internet and its origin.

This is what ICANN has done and unfortunately the efforts to challenge 
ICANN fall into this same mode. It would be more helpful for those 
offering such a challenge to be studying the history fo how the Internet 
was developed and considering the implications of this development toward 
its future. Following was a talk I gave toward beginning this process:


The International Origins of the Internet
and the Impact of this Framework on its Future

http://ais.org/~ronda/new.papers/nov4talk2.doc

best wishes

Ronda


Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet

http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook
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