On 02 Aug 2010, at 16:39, Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:
While I like very much the general idea "ALAC should demand that user protection is guaranteed against misbehaviour by operators not under contract with ICANN", I do not see how practicaly this could be achieved with less than an international treaty, and a general strong support from everywhere. Why do we have so many difficulties to preserve whatever remains from the network neutrality? Because good and bad boys might want use similar techniques? Why GAC people did not listen neither do anything?
AFAIK ccTLDs policies are developed at the local level, with the local Internet community. I know several ALSes which are actively involved in this. I would like also to draw your attention to the initiative launched by Rudi Vansnick and Ron Sherwood aiming at building bridges between ALSes and their local ccTLD.
I have been through the mails of this topic just now (still on holiday till 16/8) and I wanted to add to what Patrick just dropped in. The project is based on experiences I personally have with the Belgian ccTLD who is among the 5 most used for malicious registration (see report APWG during Brussels meeting). The Belgian ccTLD refuses participation of civil society in the board as such not giving non commercial registrants a voice. This was for me the reason for trying to identify how ccTLD's across the world are organised, how they work with civil society and this through our channels of ALSes first. Later we would like to have same survey done by ccNSO to compare the results. Final phase would consist in setting up a model of collaboration through both channels : ccNSO and ALAC. At least that's what I'm dreaming of and my colleague at ccNSO Ron Sherwood also. All ideas on this are really welcome. Rudi Vansnick ISOC Belgium ccNSO liaison
I think this is the way to go, and the most pragmatic approach we can have. I think the message that needs to get across to governments is that a misbehaving ccTLD operator is damaging for a country's image.
As long as ICANN will be tied by a MoU, AoC or whatever other clever name they will invent to mean "contract with DoC", many ccTLDs will not want to play the ICANN/USG game, let alone agree to common policies.
-- Patrick Vande Walle
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