Re: Wait! [Was Re: [ICANN-EU] the chicken-stairway]

[lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Marc Schneiders wrote:
>On 16 Aug 2000, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
>> * Marc Schneiders wrote:
>> >I will be happy to step down if someone else will bear the banner of the
>> >free users of a free internet. In my view this cannot be a person who is
>> >working for an ISP, a Telco, for IP protection rights, to name the most
>> >obvious.
>> 
>> If voters follow this argument, I'm the devil promoting the WIPO and urging
>> total control of the internet, static IP addresses should only be given to
>> large companies and all access points should be prohibit direct IP access.
>> They have to install filtering proxies to keep the people selective informed.
>> 
>> NOT!
>
>Great. I was talking about IP=Intellectual Property though. Can't quite
>see how there would be people with a job in IP address protection.

I talk about independence. Your point of view would prefer a person working
for a large (inter)national company dealing with famous drinks over a person
working for a telco or ISP solely based on the employer. You point is
tolerable, but I do not support it.

>There is more to the internet than just technical matters, important as
>they are. There is more to ICANN than IP addresses. If you follow the
>news, it looks like ICANN is far more active in the field of the other IP.

I like to actm not to react. I like to make news rather than following a
main stream. But in order to do this without serious injuries, I gain the
necessary technical and poltitical knowledge before crying.

>I will vote for a candidate who has views on the polical aspects. And
>expresses them clearly. Too many candidates just tell us they have a lot
>of experience and want the best. Now, if they could tell us, what the best
>is, that would make things so much easier.

Please ask. Please read my interviews. Thank you.