[governance] Summary of IGP comments on the NTIA ICANN

[Fouad Bajwa]

I don't know how far it would take the Africans to follow suite of the
mentioned corporations....somehow, there is a growing need to help the
developing world why and what they might want to achieve from Internet
Governance. The JPA issue might be a starting point for everyone from
the developing world but again, they have to be sensible to do a
self-assessment instead of following the developed blindly. They might
then be in a better standing to position themselves in the right of
their issues.


On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Milton L Mueller<mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> Carlton:
> Statistics are meaningless here.
>
> Large trademark owners and other major U.S.-based business interests
> (VeriSign, GoDaddy) want to continue the JPA because it allows them to lobby
> the U.S.G. to get what they want if they don't get it in ICANN. these
> people cultivate very strong relationships with U.S. Congress.
>
> ISOC-related people and organizations support independents for ICANN because
> they are basically in control of it.
>
> Independent analysts of the situation, such as IGP, APC, the Swiss ccTLD
> registry, want strong action to fix ICANN's problems, but see unilateral US
> control as part of those problems rather than as part of the solution.
>
> I don't know what's up with the African Union guy, I found his comments to
> be incoherent, perhaps you know where he's coming from? anyway he makes the
> same mistake so many others make, which is "if there's anything wrong with
> ICANN, then continuing the JPA will somehow make it better." which is way,
> way non sequitur.
>
> Milton Mueller
> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> From: carlton.samuels at gmail.com [mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Carlton Samuels
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:52 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller
> Subject: Re: [governance] Summary of IGP comments on the NTIA ICANN
> proceeding
>
> I have been following the submissions and I would argue that purely on the
> stats, it appears the comments are decidedly in favour of continuance of JPA
> or instantiation of some form of USG oversight, no?
>
> As it happens, the African Union is for continuance.  So are Verizon,
> VeriSign and some organization called the Coalition for Online Trademark
> Protection along with assorted others.  Vint Cerf and ISOC are for
> concluding JPA.
>
> Carlton Samuels
> The University of the West Indies
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Only the summary, please go to the NTIA site for the complete comments.
>> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2009/dnstransition/index.html
>> ------
>>
>> "The global challenges we face demand global institutions that work."
>> - President Barack Obama, 2008
>>
>> ICANN lacks accountability and its processes are full of problems, but the
>> JPA is not the right tool to use to fix them. The JPA contributes to ICANN's
>> failings. Although it was intended to provide a vehicle for impartially
>> assessing the adequacy of ICANN's legal and institutional framework for the
>> global Internet, in reality it does nothing but invite the stakeholders in
>> one privileged country to complain to their own government about policy
>> outcomes they don't like. The U.S. government needs to let the JPA expire,
>> and immediately initiate an international agreement that formalizes and
>> completes the transition of ICANN to a stable form of multi-stakeholder
>> global governance rooted in a nonprofit corporation. This international
>> instrument should be used to provide a shared, global legal framework that
>> can keep ICANN independent but accountable. It should be designed to keep
>> ICANN focused on its narrow coordinating mission, to restore internal
>> accountability of the Board to its membership, to check abuses by ICANN's
>> Board, to delegate authority over ccTLDs to national governments, and to
>> limit interference in or abuse of ICANN by governments. By taking the lead,
>> the US can gain buy-in from other governments for its own model and ensure
>> that the transition does not harm any of its own legitimate interests. But
>> to succeed in completing the transition, the U.S. will have to win the
>> acceptance of a critical mass of other countries and peoples.
>>
>> Dr. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies and
>> XS4All Professor, Technology University of Delft, Netherlands
>> Brenden Kuerbis, Doctoral candidate, Syracuse University School of
>> Information Studies
>> Dr. Michel van Eeten, Technology University of Delft, Netherlands
>> Dr. John Mathiason, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and
>> Public Affairs
>> Dr. Derrick Cogburn, School of International Service, American University
>> Dr. Lee McKnight, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>>
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