[governance] [liberationtech] Chinese preparing for a "Autonomous Internet" ?

[David Conrad]

Dominique,

On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:15 AM, Dominique Lacroix wrote:
> Sorry for the ellipsis, David. The .IQ/Elashi brothers case is simply showing, imho, that as we can observe diverse laws in diverse countries.

No argument.  My confusion here stems from the fact that we were talking about the USG "oversight" role with respect to root zone management.  My understanding of the .IQ case (without commenting on whether there was a miscarriage of justice regarding the Elashi brothers) was that the USG "oversight" role was uninvoked because the request got stuck in the IANA processes, specifically with difficulties trying to establish the wishes of the Internet community, prior to the USG "oversight" role being called upon.

> In our scope, the case shows that DNS architecture is also a very political game.

While I agree that the DNS has become very political, I'm unsure how the .IQ case shows this. The fact that the Elashi brothers were the administrative contacts for .IQ seems (as far as I can tell) coincidental to the difficulties they ran into. I figure the .HT case is far more interesting in the context of Internet Governance as it suggest the need for oversight. However, as mentioned, both of these were before my time at IANA so I may not have a full understanding.

Regards,
-drc


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