Re: The "Statement of Principles"

["Paul Stahura" <stahura@enom.com>]

Bob,

Then by your logic NSI and the USG don't have control
over it either, since they also have *not* put names in the root.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Helfant <bhelfant@globecomm.com>
To: gtld-discuss@gtld-mou.org <gtld-discuss@gtld-mou.org>
Cc: pab@gtld-mou.org <pab@gtld-mou.org>
Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: The "Statement of Principles"


>I find the part about IANA currently having control over all TLDs a little
>out of line.  I have signed the orginal MoU and didn't have to agree to
>that statement.  It is clearly not true, or CORE would have its 7 TLDs in
>the root by now.  Are you really asking people to sign this or are you
>looking for concencus and/or suggestions to release this statement as an
>MoU lite?
>
>Bob Helfant
>GlobeComm, Inc.
>
>At 09:23 AM 6/1/98 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:
>>To gtld-discuss:
>>
>>While you are twiddling your thumbs waiting for the white paper,
>>here's something to think about:
>>
>>Appended is a draft "Statement of Principles".  It is intended that a
>>signature on this document would be sufficient to become a member of
>>PAB.  Note that signatures must be from bona fide entities.
>>
>>Also note that explicitly, a signature does not legally bind a
>>signatory to anything.  Thus, membership is essentially open --
>>instead of charging $35/year or something like that, the basic
>>membership requirement is being a bona fide entity with sufficient
>>interest to go to the trouble of submitting a signature.
>>
>>
>>
>>   STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES CONCERNING GENERIC TOP LEVEL DOMAINS
>>
>>This declaration represents an agreement among the undersigned on a
>>broad statement of principles that should govern 1) the administration
>>of the global domain name system (DNS) of the Internet, and 2) the set
>>of generic top level domains (gTLDs).
>>
>>This statement is not intended to and shall not impose legal
>>obligations on those who sign.
>>
>>  I.  The administration of the DNS is now under the control of the
>>  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), a private organization
>>  that derives its authority from its standing in the Internet
>>  community, and by charter from the Internet Architecture Board, the
>>  fundamental standards body of the Internet.
>>
>>  II.  IANA currently has control over all TLDs in the global DNS,
>>  including the ISO 3166 Country Code TLDs (ccTLDs), the specialized
>>  TLDs (sTLDs), and the generic TLDs (gTLDs).  ccTLD registries are
>>  delegated by IANA to appropriate political authorities; sTLDs are
>>  governed by charters approved by IANA, and gTLDs are governed by
>>  a tradition of fair use codified in RFCs and IANA policies.
>>
>>  III.  Administration of the DNS should remain under the control of a
>>  private organization, either IANA or some organization derived from
>>  IANA, in the legal form of a corporation or otherwise.  This
>>  organization should operate in the public interest, for the benefit
>>  of the Internet, not for profit; and must be responsive to public
>>  policy concerns.
>>
>>  IV.  Administration of the DNS should not at any time be under the
>>  control of any national government.
>>
>>  V.  Each gTLD registry shall be subject to the following policies or
>>  principles, enforced ultimately by IANA, or its successor:
>>
>>    (a) IANA, or its successor, shall determine when and whether to
>>    create new gTLDs including specification of the alphanumeric
>>    strings, the timing of introduction of new gTLDs, and the number of
>>    gTLDs, through an open, unbiased, public procedure.
>>
>>    (b) The data in each registry shall be freely available to the
>>    public, subject only to restrictions relating to privacy.
>>
>>    (c) gTLD registries shall operate in the public interest on a cost
>>    recovery basis and not for profit, under the ultimate supervision
>>    of IANA (or its successor).
>>
>>    (d) Access for registration of second level domains in all gTLD
>>    registries shall be equally available to all qualified registrars
>>    on a non-discriminatory basis.  The qualifications for registrars
>>    will be under the control of IANA (or its successor).
>>
>>    (e) IANA (or its successor) will establish a uniform procedure for
>>    resolving disputes involving trademarks and other intellectual
>>    property issues concerning domain names.  This procedure will
>>    offer an efficient and inexpensive means of dispute resolution
>>    without supplanting or interfering with the jurisdiction of
>>    national courts or the rights of Internet users to have resort to
>>    the courts.
>>
>>    (f) Registration services for second level domain names in the
>>    gTLDs should be globally distributed, and, except in exceptional
>>    circumstances, should be shared among all registrars that meet
>>    appropriate technical qualifications.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "No reason to get excited",
>>kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke...
>>PGP fingerprint:   B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44  61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55
>>http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
>>
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