Re: [wg-c] Eureka?

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 10:42:14PM -0400, Milton Mueller wrote:
> Javier:
> Radio spectrum is far more "scarce" than domain name space.
> Yet governments around the world license private commercial businesses
> to give them exclusive control of a range of frequencies.

Governments of the world have rather more elaborate regulatory 
resources at their disposal than does ICANN.  Governments have means 
to enforce policies on the private commercial businesses that use 
frequency space, ICANN's means are meager.

If ICANN grows to have the strength and effectiveness of government, 
then you might have a point.  Perhaps we could revisit the issue when 
and if that happens.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain