RE: [icann-europe] .kids or .kids.us?

[Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>]

Roeland Meyer wrote on 04.07.01, 14:49:33:
>> From: Wolfgang Kleinwächter [mailto:wolfgang.medienstadt@okay.net]
>> a good question which leads directly to the legal status of
>> ICANN. When I
>> saw the news on .kids my first reaction was that this could become an
>> interesting case to clarify whether ICANN is out of control of the US
>> government or not.
>
> You start with a fundimental flaw. The ICANN doesn't control what goes into
> the root-zone. The US department of Commerce does. The ICANN ONLY makes
> recommendations. That the DOC choses to listen, is accidental. From that,
> the Internet is still under US control. Any other interpretation is
> self-delusional.

Fortunately from an international perspective, the US 
Department of Commerce's interference with ICANN's decisions
has recently been minimal, with the notable exception of the 
VeriSign deal. The pressure exercised in the last letter
was subtle and appropriate.

Unfortunately, there are Congressmen who disagree with the 
internationalization of DNS management (or don't understand what 
their proposed bill amounts to). Fortunately, I don't think 
this initiative will get very far.

But -- and I know Volker reads the ec-pop list, too :) --
it is equally unfortunate that the Europeans still don't get 
/their/ act together. Frankly, if they don't even manage to get 
their .eu TLD up and running, any call for a European 
alternative to ICANN seems a bit rash to me.

Best regards,
/// Alexander

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