[governance] who owns the new gTLDs?

[McTim]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Dominique Lacroix <dl at panamo.eu> wrote:
> Le 04/03/13 23:09, McTim a écrit :
>
> ICANN has a very narrow remit.  Asking them to police where
> corporations are housed is well out of scope.
>
> Dear McTim and Alejandro,
> I never wrote that I asked ICANN to police anyone.


no, you did not write that.  I implied it from the nature of your
questions and factoids gathered.



> Alejandro, you had better not to approve so quickly a biased answer ;-)
>
> I only wrote that I asked questions to ICANN managers to get their opinion.
> About a big national and international problem, in those times of crisis.


Asking the ICANN CEO or Board Members to comment on this is like me
asking my auto mechanic why my car doesn't run on sunshine...In other
words, rather pointless.

> The OECD is stuying the question of tax heavens, and also the EU.
> The American middle classes must know why they pay a so expensive price.

for??

> The Internet ecosystem isn't outside of the world!

Certainly inside the world, I grant you that.

However, each org of the eco-system has a narrow role to play.  None
of them will take on the issue of tax havens for large corporations,
as it is simply out of scope.

>.

> You will read soon what Fadi Chehadé answered. Not exactly what you say both
> of you.

I am sure he was quite diplomatic.

>
> BTW, have a look, please on the letter Mr Stricking, NTIA, sent to ICANN:
> http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/ntia-icann-pic.pdf
>
> He supports ICANN initiative that included a public interest commitment in
> the new registry contract.


as do I.

> NTIA asks ICANN to fulfill "the need for commitment to be binding and
> enforceable."

That's a big ask, but perhaps do-able.

> Well.
> And now, what is the content of public interest?
> "The fight against couterfeiting and piracy."

not in the ICANN context it is not.  Do you honestly think ICANN
should take on issues of piracy and counterfeiting?  And what do they
have to do with tax havens?

>
> A bit larger than the theft of the plans for a new fighter plane...

ICANN should/can/must NOT have any role to play in this kind of thing either.


> But not anything about contributing schools, hospitals, roads, security
> forces etc.

nor these things.

> A strange idea of public interest, isn't it?

indeed.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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