Re: Dispute resolution

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> 
> Karl Denninger wrote
> : Private businesses?  I thought the DNS namespace was a public good (ie:
> : managed by governments) and operated in the public trust?
> : 
> : At least, the IAHC is paying lip-service to that concept.
> 
> Let's assume that the DNS namespace IS a "public good", operated as a
> public trust. How does it compare to the frequency of a particular band on
> the radio spectrum? The government (the FCC) assigns EXCLUSIVE licenses to
> FOR PROFIT business entities  who want to use the "public good" so they can
> make money by transmitting television, telephone or radio signals. There's
> really not much difference between the exclusive licensing of a particular
> bandwith on the radio spectrum and the exclusive licensing of a particular
> gTLD.

On the contrary.

The FCC is ultimately accountable to the people of the United States.

If they (as an arm of the government) do something truly outrageous, you
have every right to do something about it through a number of processes,
some of which include:

1)	Lawsuits
2)	Investigations of criminal conduct (if warranted)
3)	Replacing the governmental officials that appointed the FCC people
	(elections)
4)	And, ultimately, revolution.

The IAHC has attempted to get you to sign away method (1) of redress, and
doesn't recognize (3) (there is no representation, and wasn't when the
committee was formed).

(2) and (4) can't be signed away or manipulated off the table by the IAHC,
which IMHO is the only reason THOSE didn't go away too!

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