[governance] NTIA announcement on JPA

[Ian Peter]

Bret, while agreeing with what you say, and with John Levine's analysis that
this was to be expected, it doesn't alter the fact that ICANN will never be
viewed as an independent global organisation, and its role in internet
governance will never be seen to be legitimate, until it is fee of the JPA.

There are things ICANN can do to get itself out of this mess.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bret Fausett [mailto:bfausett at internet.law.pro]
> Sent: 03 April 2008 11:19
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] NTIA announcement on JPA
> 
> I didn't read this "announcement" as announcing much at all. I
> wouldn't be too quick to read much into it.
> 
> As far as whether ICANN ever will be privatized, remember that the
> document that started us on this process was a 1996 publication of the
> Clinton Administration. Clinton started the ball rolling, but left it
> to the next administration, Bush, to complete. When the JPA was agreed
> in 2006, to resolve in 2009, Bush, in turn, effectively passed the
> task to the next administration, McCain/Clinton/Obama, to complete. I
> don't think it's realistic to expect that new administration, whoever
> is leading it, six months into its term in office, to privatize ICANN
> completely in September, 2009. "Giving away the Internet," which is
> what it will be called by ICANN's political opponents here in the
> U.S., is politically risky. The understandable inclination of U.S.
> politicians, even those who might agree with the concept of
> privatizing these global resources, is to delay, and leave it to
> someone else to finally make it happen.
> 
>     Bret
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