Re: monoplistic practises

[kevinbr@netcomm.ie (Kevin Brown)]

At 15:56 20/11/96, Dave Morton wrote:
>>At 9:13 AM -0800 11/17/96, Tristan Palmer wrote:
>>>contributing to this debate from a UK perspective. Secondly I would like to
>>>discuss the problems raised by monopoly of the name spaces, and to see if my
>>
>>Tristan,
>>
>>       Thanks for raising this topic.  The current charter for the IAHC
>>does not include "national" TLDs, since we believe the immediate crisis
>>pertains to the "international" ones.
>
>Well to some extent anything the IAHC proposes will have some (perhaps
>indirect) affect on the current financing and operation of national TLDs
>as well. So these you might also want to take into consideration.
>

No,

Everything points to: IANA had the power to delegate ISO TLDs, but they
don't have the power to oversee them once they are delegated.

I do not think that the IAHC will concern themselves with any remiss
policies of the past regarding th ISO TLDs, even to the point that they
might learn a lesson from past mistakes/failures.

However IANA always refused/ignored requests to clarify the ISO TLD
delegation policy.

Perry Metzger has functioned as the "unofficial" IANA spokesperson on ISO
Delegation policy, in the absence of any message of any kind in the past
from IANA. Ask him for clarification.

Kevin

>>       However the concern over having a single registry in charge of an
>>important, interesting, or otherwise high-leverage TLD is definitely a
>>significant topic for immediate consideration.  It has received much debate
>>over the last two years and, I believe, is a topic that the IAHC is likely
>>to attend to.
>
>Yes - please do so.
>Dave
>
>>
>>d/
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>>Also:  IAHC member, expressing personal opinions
>>
>>
>>

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