Re: War of Internet Governance: 1995 -????

[Bob Allisat <tor@wtv.net>]

Duane wrote:
>...what gives the IANA authority, assuming it has any?
>
>Answer:  The US Government.
>
>Fact:  Once the MoU has been granted its monopoly, because it is
>a Swiss cartel, the US Government's influence and authority will
>cease.
>
>So we must then ask:  Does the US Government serve its own interests
>and that of its citizens by relinquishing authority to a Swiss cartel?
> 
>Or is IANA acting on its own to give away this authority?  Is that
>in accord with its relevant agreements, assuming there are any, with
>the government?

 IANA (aka Jon Postel) has such
 limited scope that even in the
 US it is effectively powerless
 in any legal, constitutional
 sense of the word. In regards to
 the rest of the world it is
 absolutely and totally without
 legal standing.

 The entire process to date has
 been without sanction, approval,
 agreement, treaty or anything
 resembling any of the above. It
 is time we anchored this entire
 debate in the real world. We must
 negotiate solutions and resolutions
 to these problems among soveriegn
 nations, International bodies and
 all players large and small. It's
 the way we do things in civil, law
 abiding society.

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

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