[governance] What would this mean for the Internet Governance

Wed Apr 22 13:32:48 EDT 2009

Hello
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Bertrand de La Chapelle <
bdelachapelle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Miltion, for posting this.
>
> It is important, to make a fair evaluation of this proposal, to discuss the
> actual text : in particular, the reference to foreign pressure is less
> general than previous comments seemed to imply and the text confirms that
> this concerns the IANA contract only. Does not belittle the importance of
> this proposal, but it's important to get the intention clear.
>
> The interesting part you were refering to in earlier posts is below :
> **
> *Sec. 8 – Review of NTIA domain name contracts*
>
> This section would require the Advisory Panel to review and approve the
> renewal or modification of the Internet Assigned Number Authority contract
> to ensure that U.S. national security is not compromised.
>
> Analysis—This provision relates to the contract that the Department of
> Commerce has with the International Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers (ICANN) to manage and administer the domain name system, which is
> at the heart of the Internet. This provision is to make sure that ICANN
> does not succumb to foreign pressure to unilaterally release itself of its
> relationship with the U.S. government.
>
> Irrespective of whether this "summary" could be taken as a fair reflection
of the essence of the actual text, I am curious about the the mention of
"ICANN ... unilaterally release itself of its relationship with the US
Government".  Perhaps this could rather be taken as a reflection of the
growing awareness within US Government that its persistence over ICANN
through the JPA could lead to a situation where it could become a possible
course of action for ICANN to unilaterally assert its independence from the
US Government as an International Organization with an International
Purpose?

And what does "foreign pressure" actually translates as?  International
Opinion?

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

>  Hope this helps.
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> It's attached. Now it's "published"
>>
>> Milton Mueller
>> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
>> ------------------------------
>> Internet Governance Project:
>> http://internetgovernance.org
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Bertrand de La Chapelle [mailto:bdelachapelle at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:23 AM
>> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller
>> *Cc:* Sivasubramanian Muthusamy; Fouad Bajwa
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [governance] What would this mean for the Internet
>> Governance
>>
>>   Milton,
>>
>> When you say "published", does that mean this is accessible on the Web ?
>>
>> Any link pointin to this summary ?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bertrand
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>wrote:
>>
>>>  The summary is the official section-by-section one published by the
>>> Congressional staffers who drafted it.
>>>
>>> The actual bill mentions NTIA and the IANA, which is a subsidiary of
>>> ICANN or function performed by ICANN.
>>>
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From:* Sivasubramanian Muthusamy [mailto:isolatedn at gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:57 PM
>>> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Fouad Bajwa
>>> *Subject:* Re: [governance] What would this mean for the Internet
>>> Governance and
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> According to a summary of the bill, it
>>> would "make sure that ICANN does not succumb to foreign pressure" to
>>> end its relationship with the U.S. government.
>>>
>>> ICANN is only one part of a comprehensive and authoritarian approach
>>> to cybersecurity.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> According to "a summary" of the bill ?  Summary from whom? ICANN may be
>>> mentioned in that summary, but is ICANN mentioned in the BIl ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Fouad Bajwa
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>>
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>> Information Society
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>> Foreign and European Affairs
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>>
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> Information Society
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> Foreign and European Affairs
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