Re: gTLD-MoU News (October 31, 1997)

[avc@netnamesusa.com (Antony Van Couvering)]

There's no way Kashpureff should be put in jail.  Chastened a little
perhaps, but jail is ridiculous.  In fact, the FBI should probably hire him.

Antony


At 09:48 AM 11/2/97 -0800, Duane Little wrote:
>Hungar wrote:
>> 
>>  What about Kashpureff or the
>> > uTLD/eDNS crowd?
>> 
>> Well here's a little update on Eugene.
>> 
>> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,15927,00.html?cnet.tkr
>> 
>> I wish him the best.  The system has set its sights on him and I fear the
>> worst. 
>
>This seems uncalled-for.  Eugene did extremely minimal harm; it was an
>act of protest, not vandalism, and was voluntarily reversed; it was done
>openly... this was more like civil disobedience than crime.
>
>> Just remember this:  Hero's are defined not by their actions and
>> what they've done, they are defined by their peers' opinions of them.  Many
>> of the REAL heroes go unmentioned and it looks like EK is nothing more than
>> a casualty of this war.  This entire DNS problem that we face is pretty
>> important to the Internet community, but do you think it is worth a man
>> sacrificing his life in the US?  Are there any others out there that would
>> take such risks?
>> 
>EK apparently took them quite consciously.
>
>Say -- NSI's parent company, SAIC [ http://www.saic.com ] apparently
>employs a number of former Federal employees.  Are any of these from the
>Justice Dept., FBI, CIA?  At least two retired Army Generals and a
>retired Admiral of the Navy are on its Board of Directors.  Did someone
>pull strings?  Did one "old boy" call another?
>
>I personally believe NSI settled with Kashpureff because its lawsuit
>against him promised to bring to issue, things they could not afford to
>have questioned, especially in context of their then-pending IPO.  I've
>seen the text of the complaint (Eugene e-mailed it to me - anyone want a
>copy?).  It made fundamental statements WRT NSI's status and standing
>which Kashpureff would have been entitled to challenge.  Discovery alone
>would have been a nightmare for NSI.
>
>Left with no option but to settle, NSI might still have sought to make
>an example of Kashpureff.  If they could sic the Government on him,
>they'd accomplish that without the PR and legal nightmare of a civil
>suit.  Did they use their contacts and influence to do so?
>
>I wonder if Eugene or another might invoke the FOIA to find out?
>
>
>> I question what good it will do for the government to exercise deportation
>> of a man that has committed such a harmless crime.  And it sickens me that
>> this punishment is even a consideration.  It also brings me to rethink how
>> effective any of us will be in trying to get our individual goals with this
>> DNS system into place.
>> 
>> This is just another shameful day in politics.
>> 
>> Will Barnwell
>> Hungar Design, Ltd.
>> http://www.hungar.com
>
>I agree.  Eugene has my support.  I would welcome more news about him
>and any means by which I might be of service.
>
>
>Duane
>