So... ICANN has no actual jurisdiction over ccTLDs or RIRs, yet it presents itself to the world as a custodian of Internet names and numbers. (Such is implied in the org's bloody name.) And in the only remaining relevant space it does have some authority -- gTLDs -- it has let itself be captured by the industry it is supposed to be ... overseeing (dare not use the "R" word!). As a natural result, we are witnessing a landscape in which selling as many domains as possible for as much as possible -- regardless of what is needed to maintain Internet trust and stability -- is the name of the game. And people wonder why our outreach sucks. Too much of the rest of the world seems to know that affecting change in this -- from a public interest PoV -- is pretty futile. Arguably it's amazing ICANN At-Large generates as much interest as it does ... On 27 May 2013 07:20, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com>wrote:
On 25 May 2013, at 00:00, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
Good stuff. While so much of the ICANN world focuses on TLDs -- because there is so much loose money floating around that realm -- every now and then we need to be reminded of the other resources under ICANN's stewardship, and the fact that in those realms too there are actors who would diminish the public interest in the management of such resources.
While I agree that this policy move seems dubious, it would be really, really BAD if ICANN tried to tell the RIRs what to do.
It's not a policy yet - it's just a proposal
Unfortunately, as anyone who was in the room when it was presented realised, a number of RIPE members appear to support it and cannot understand why both Chris and I opposed it
IP addresses are not like domain names, and ICANN has no leverage over
the RIRs. (I can explain why, but the details are tedious.) If RIPE is doing something unwise, and it wouldn't be the first time, it has to be fixed within RIPE's processes.
Yes - agreed.
Regards
Michele
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