RE: [wg-review] FYI: Update: U.S. Congress to hold February hearings on domain names

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

Actually, that is sort of an open secret. USG/NTIA/DOC still controls the
root-zone, NOT ICANN. That TLD selection show, at MDR, is just a sham until
DOC/NTIA approves. All of this, ICANN/* stuff revolves around the USG
root-zone. It always has. If you don't like it, see the ORSC, via
www.dnso.net. Try not to act too surprised. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:28 PM
> To: Roeland Meyer
> Cc: wg-review@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [wg-review] FYI: Update: U.S. Congress to hold February
> hearings on domain names
> 
> 
> Roeland Meyer wrote:
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chris Chiu [mailto:CCHIU@aclu.org]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:49 PM
> > > To: ncdnhc-discuss@lyris.isoc.org
> > > Subject: Update: U.S. Congress to hold February hearings on
> > > domain names
> > >
> > >
> > > A subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives
> > > is planning to
> > > hold hearings on domain name policy in February 2001. As
> > > mentioned earlier,
> > > this move was apparently prompted by concerns that the
> > > Internet Corporation
> > > for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was unfair when it 
> tentatively
> > > approved a mere handful of new Top-Level Domains.
> > >
> > > See
> > > http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org#highlights
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Christopher Chiu
> > > Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
> > > American Civil Liberties Union
> > >
> > > ---
> 
> So, The USA federal government does control ICANN, and, the Internet
> 
> That is nice to know. We are all USA subjects.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Bret Busby
> 
> Armadale, West Australia
> 
> ......................................
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