Re: Europe Using IAHC to Control Internet?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Dan,

  Good points.  I hope you read my comments, as humble as they are,
with the same intrest.  >;)  But essentialy I agree with you.  All
of us are learning here from each other.  I think this fact is 
to easly overlooked on this and the gTLD-MoU list.  >;)

Dan Steinberg wrote:
> 
> Jay,
> 
> Let me add a little to Tony's comments.  Not only is EC involvement no
> surprise, it is a wonder that it took so long.
> 
> Consider the following quote:
> 
> >  "American taxpayers have helped build the Internet as well as
> >     many U.S. companies and private sector investors," said
> >     Representative Charles W. (Chip) Pickering, a Mississippi
> >     Republican. "To now go into a transition plan that moves that
> >     to another country offshore - whether it's Switzerland or any
> >     other country - I think would raise questions among
> >     American taxpayers, the American public."
> 
> No matter what you might think about this statement and how it furthers
> the goals of many DOMAIN-POLICY listmembers, consider how it looks to
> the rest of the world.  If the US is bringing up issues of their own
> national interests, it is only a matter of time before others do the
> same.  The EC is a great tool for leveling the nationalism playing
> field.  "Us" against "them" all over again.
> 
> This isn't the way to build consensus but it is predictable.  And I
> don't want to get into the debate about who started it.  Flag waving is
> here.  I would like to look at ways to cool the debate a little bit.  I
> doubt that the internet is best served by greater governmental control.
> It doesn't really matter which govt. it is.
> 
> Dan Steinberg
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