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Originally Posted by woods01
plumsauce, are you the same one hitting up commentary regarding ICANN fall under the UN on other sites? You might want to take a look at why the UN was formed to begin with, it wasn't formed to control commerce or do half of what it's doing today.
The US can take credit for the internet pretty much expanding as it has. The majority (if not all) was formed from the minds of our university's and then lassoed by the large internet corporations of the time.
We'd be better having China control the name system then the bedwetters at the UN.
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Did I say the UN specifically? No, I did not. It was an example. The fact that you took it that way is your problem. Not mine. It was an example, and it was couched that way.
If you think that I have been posting on the same subject elsewhere, then compare the writing styles and make a guess. If the guess is yes, point them out.
The US has indicated that it will be letting go of the reins. The motivation is pressure from the EU.
The specific objection is that ICANN will not be answerable in any meaningful way to anyone other than themselves. This is not a good thing. Not when the insiders are the same entrenched insiders who have been self dealing for years. Benign dictatorships never turn out well for outsiders.
So, the choices are, in order of preference:
International Multilateral Commission, because it is an international concern.
European Union, because the EU seems to have an appreciation for consumer rights and the common good.
United States, because they know the ropes already.
ANYTHING *OTHER* THAN LETTING ICANN RUN THE CANDY STORE UNSUPERVISED.
The US letting go of ICANN is a good move. Letting go without ensuring that ICANN is answerable to outside authority, not so good. Actually, a recipe for disaster, chaos and cronyism.
Yes, the US has inserted a "national interest" clause. But, that would be difficult to invoke politically without international backlash, even if international interests were aligned.
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We'd be better having China control the name system then the bedwetters at the UN.
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That would work too. Just so long as ICANN is answerable outside of ICANN.
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