[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Jenette and all,

  Yes, very interesting and not benificial overall and long term.

Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> Hi Bret, sounds like an interesting change of strategy. After multiple
> roots as a (not too successful) method to bypass central authority,
> fractured roots are now introduced as a means of delegitimizing central
> oversight?
>
> jeanette
>
> 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
> >
> > --
> > Bret Fausett (skype me at "lextext")
> > smime.p7s is a digital signature
> > http://www.imc.org/smime-pgpmime.html
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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