I would say it was expected in an election year to have representatives to use Internet as tribune and of course ICANN is a good plate to demonstrate they are there to defend country's security bla bla bla... Nobody from other governments, for instance, believes the USG will release their hand from ICANN, much less that it could happen soon! But this not means ICANN don't need to move into this direction, and ICANN is moving into this direction, with diplomatic baby steps as the way it should be done, and representative’s reaction is a natural one. ICANN is doing very well in this field from my point of view. rgs Vanda Scartezini Polo Consultores Associados Alameda Santos 1470 #1407 Tel - +55113266.6253 Mob- +55118181.1464 vanda@uol.com.br Before print think about the Environment "The information contained in this message - and attached files - is restricted, and its confidentiality protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the sender immediately. Please be advised that the improper use of the aforementioned information will create grounds for legal action." "As informações existentes nesta mensagem e nos arquivos anexados são para uso restrito, com sigilo protegido por lei. Caso não seja o destinatário, favor apagar esta mensagem e notificar o remetente. O uso impróprio das informações desta mensagem será tratado conforme a legislação em vigor." -----Mensagem original----- De: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de John Levine Enviada em: segunda-feira, 12 de maio de 2008 11:43 Para: Evan Leibovitch Cc: At-Large Worldwide Assunto: Re: [At-Large] House Leaders Urge Preservation Of ICANN Role (US)
To me the concern is not whether the USG will ever divest of ICANN, it's
whether the rest of the world will come to dislike the arrangement
enough to devise a method to circumvent it. By that point, the goal will
not be to sever ICANN's tie to the USG so much as to render it either
redundant or irrelevant.
That is indeed an interesting question. At this point I'd have to say that the objections to US government oversight are far more theoretical than practical. The only thing they've done in the past decade that's even slightly controversial was to nudge ICANN on .XXX, and I suspect that made them more popular rather than less with most governments. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org