[NA-Discuss] Fwd: Libya Shuts Off Internet Again: This Week in Online Tyranny
Eric Brunner-Williams
ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net
Fri Mar 11 04:19:29 UTC 2011
All,
Rob Beckstrom's note of January 31st identified a rather limited set
of issues in which ICANN's CEO took note, namely the expiry of a zone
some 140 days in the future.
The ALAC statement following also identified a rather limited set of
issues in which the ALAC were willing to find an ICANN interest.
I share neither of those views, and wrote both sets of actors at the
time, to no observable persuasive effect, and continue to think the
correct course of action is to document the mechanisms employed, and
encourage those who tolerate rate limiting, incoherence, and
ultimately partition to reconsider their respective roles in the
institution presently entrusted with the technical coordination of
unique identifiers.
The GAC model does lack a means for some application for "tibet" to
arrive at an outcome other than non-delegated due to the opposition by
a nation state. However, it [some role for government advice and
consent] has managed to produce a delegated solution for Palestine,
and for Catalan or Catalonia. The Board model has not produced
delegations since 2004, which affects a larger class of applications.
Eric
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