[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Bret and all,

  The "Legacy Root" has compition although not well known
or publisized.  To the extent that "Fractures" the ICANN/IANA
Root structure, than what you seem to believe is benificial, is
in progress.

  The announcment of new gTLD and IDN gTLD's to ICANN/IANA's
root structure demonstrates that competition has been recognized.
I am however no so sure that such is as Vint Cerf has articulated,
for the "Greater good".  What would be better IMO, is yes competitive
but shared Root Structures where collisions do not occur.  The "First
in Commerce" rule would seem to be a good starting point for this
to be achieved and would address or be for the "Greater Good".

Bret Fausett wrote:

>  > I am still wondering what is "adult" about US DoC supervision.
>  > I certainly understand the geopolitical motivation behind it,
>  > but I don't see the value add for the Internet.
>
> The better question is whether there is a value add for the _United
> States_, and the answer has to be "yes," else the reigns would have
> been turned over to someone else long ago.
>
> And to Avri's point about how to move beyond U.S. authority over the
> root, the answer, whatever it is, has something to do with making the
> U.S. authority a problem for, not a benefit to, the United States.
>
> A fractured root gets close to something that looks like an answer.
>
>       -- Bret
>
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