Re: Reuters: EC slams domain proposal

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

Mark and all,

  Dave conveniently left out some important parts of the article however.  Such
as
"The European Union executive, in a text that it hopes
  will be adopted by the 15 EU states, urges
  Washington to adopt a more international approach
  and to enter into "full bilateral consultations" before
  proceeding."

  And if you have read the GP closely and understand the reason for the
Request For Comments, than you would understand that The GP prepossess
to do have 'Full bilateral consultations", before proceeding.  The GP
is only a framework, not a final document.

  In addition this part of the article was conveniently lef out of Dave's
posting as well.

  "

                EC slams domain proposal
                By Reuters
                Special to CNET NEWS.COM
                February 24, 1998, 5:10 p.m. PT

                BRUSSELS, Belgium--The European Commission
                has criticized a U.S. proposal for reforming the
                Internet's naming and address system, saying it
                would give Americans too much control over the
                global computer network.

                "The current U.S. proposals would...seem to
                consolidate permanent U.S. jurisdiction over the
                Internet as a whole, including dispute resolution and
                trademarks used on the Internet," it said in a draft
                reply to the initiative.

                The European Union executive, in a text that it hopes
                will be adopted by the 15 EU states, urges
                Washington to adopt a more international approach
                and to enter into "full bilateral consultations" before
                proceeding.

                The U.S. government formally published a proposal
                last week for phasing out its management of the
                address system for Internet locations--such as email
                and Web sites--and turning it over to a U.S.-based
                nonprofit corporation.

                It would also end the monopoly of U.S. company
                Network Solutions (NSI), which registers the most
                popular Internet addresses, including those ending in
                ".com," ".org," and ".net." Known as generic
                top-level domains (TLDs), they signify commercial
                users, not-for-profit organizations, and network
                service providers.

                The plan would create up to five new generic TLDs,
                each with a registry to manage a database of
                addresses. Other companies would compete to
                register the addresses.

                The Commission's draft reply, to be discussed by EU
                telecommunications ministers on Thursday, accuses
                Washington of ignoring a plan for a new registry
                system drawn up by the International Ad-Hoc
                Committee (IAHC), a group of Internet companies
                and organizations.

                IAHC proposed last year setting up seven new
                generic domains--such as ".store" for shops and
                ".arts" for culture--along with an international council
                of registrars.

                The commission also faults the U.S. "green paper"
                for seemingly giving the United States jurisdiction
                over all conflicts over trademarks in Internet
                addresses and failing to mention efforts to set up
                Internet dispute-resolution procedures within the
                World Intellectual Property Organization.

                The U.S. Commerce Department gave interested
                parties until March 23 to comment on the proposal.
                A U.S. official in Brussels said the initiative was "not
                set in stone" and that comments by the EU and other
                parties would be taken into account.

                "There have been consultations going on and there
                will be further consultations going on before we put
                the plan into action," the official added, noting that
                the proposal built on previous work on the issue."

  And....

               " The EU telecommunications ministers are likely to
                direct their ambassadors in Brussels Thursday to
                finalize an EU response, diplomats said."

  These two parts of this article seem to be quite clear that there is a serious
intrest in the EU's concerns.  In addition it seems quite clear that the EU has
certainly not made any FINAL decision.  They have only expressed an
initial concern.

  But all this is not unusual for Dave Crocker.  He has persistently quoted
statements of others out of context to further his own personal desires.

  You might want to ask yourself, do you want this type of leadership?  The
decision is yours of course.

I know my answer....

Marc Hurst wrote:

> Yeah, like thats' a big surprise...
>
> On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Dave Crocker wrote:
>
> > FYI.
> >
> > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:25:26 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
> > Subject: Reuters: EC slams domain proposal
> > X-Sender: robert@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org
> > To: ietf@ns.ietf.org
> >
> > Excerpts of interest from:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,19450,00.html
> >
> > EC slams domain proposal
> > By Reuters
> > Special to CNET NEWS.COM
> > February 24, 1998, 5:10 p.m. PT
> >
> > BRUSSELS, Belgium--The European Commission
> > has criticized a U.S. proposal for reforming the
> > Internet's naming and address system, saying it would
> > give Americans too much control over the global
> > computer network.
> >
> > ...snip...
> >
> > The Commission's draft reply, to be discussed by EU
> > telecommunications ministers on Thursday, accuses
> > Washington of ignoring a plan for a new registry
> > system drawn up by the International Ad-Hoc
> > Committee (IAHC), a group of Internet companies
> > and organizations.
> > ...snip...
> >
> > The commission also faults the U.S. "green paper" for
> > seemingly giving the United States jurisdiction over all
> > conflicts over trademarks in Internet addresses and
> > failing to mention efforts to set up Internet
> > dispute-resolution procedures within the World
> > Intellectual Property Organization.
> >
> > ...snip...
> >
> > The U.S. Commerce Department gave interested
> > parties until March 23 to comment on the proposal. A
> > U.S. official in Brussels said the initiative was "not
> > set in stone" and that comments by the EU and other
> > parties would be taken into account.
> >
> > ...snip...
> >
> > Story Copyright  1998 Reuters Limited All rights reserved.
> >
> >
> > ___________________________________________________________________________
> > Dave Crocker                 Brandenburg Consulting         +1 408 246 8253
> > dcrocker@brandenburg.com       675 Spruce Drive         (f) +1 408 249 6205
> >
> > www.brandenburg.com         Sunnyvale, CA 94086  USA
> >
> >
>
>

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com