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

[Dominique Lacroix]

David,

Beyond some wandering, I think we agree. The personal destiny of the .iq 
registry managers doesn't seem related to an IANA abuse, neither from 
USG, nor from ICANN. Ok on that precise point. BTW, it was the sense of 
my first post on the topic.
But - I wonder why - I cannot help but to imagine may be sort of... 
coincidental relations between the country designated by the .iq ccTLD, 
the Palestinian origin of the registry managers and the cruelty of their 
trials and sentences.
And the global impression is not at the advantage of the US, I'm sad to 
tell you such a thing. At the contrary, it seems to be a stone on the 
increasing militarization of the Internet.
The America the world liked, the one of the Founding fathers, sister of 
the European Enlightenments, is another one.

@+, best, Dominique


Le 26/06/12 22:29, David Conrad a écrit :
> 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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