PAB Re: The "Statement of Principles"

[Bob Helfant <bhelfant@globecomm.com>]

The logic that led you to your conclusion escapes me.  I believe that the
USG could put names into the root at will.  Isn't that what we have been
waiting for, USG approval?

Bob Helfant

At 11:23 AM 6/1/98 -0700, Paul Stahura wrote:
>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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