Re: [ALSC-Forum] Self-regulation and ICANN

[Jeff Williams]

Esther and all stakeholders and interested parties,

Esther Dyson wrote:

> Mikael, hi.   Most people do not consider the UN a model of transparency or
> accountability.

  Good point.  Same is true of WIPO and the WTO as recent events
have plainly indicated.

> We are trying to design something that *would* work as such
> a model, and that therefore would earn legitimacy without inheriting it
> from governments of questionable legitimacy.
>
> Esther  (writing for myself)

  If you are writing for yourself, where did the "WE" come from?

>
>
> At 06:11 AM 7/15/2001, Mikael Pawlo wrote:
>
> >(This message was originally written for another forum, but I was asked to
> >post it here as well. It is taken out of context, but is a response in
> >respect of the question of At-Large membership.)
> >
> >Self-regulation - I'm all for it. However, the need for this global effort
> >and the need to keep the Internet from governmental interests escapes me.
> >If we indeed need such a global organization, why not use one already
> >created, with participation from governments (or create something similar
> >if the ICANN function can not be implemented in for example the UN). The
> >governmental structure creates accountability and transparancy and
> >international representation - fundamentals ICANN needs to deal with and
> >solve.
> >
> >David Goldstone, a lawyer with the US department of justice, gave some
> >interesting thoughts on a symposium on Internet regulation and policy with
> >the New York University (printed in NYU Journal of Legislation and Public
> >Policy, vol 3 no 1). Goldstone compares the Internet to cars and states
> >that a technique that was truly a change of paradigms a hundred years ago
> >has been regulated in a satisfactory fashion and thus we now have both
> >airbags and traffic regulation.
> >
> >Goldstone states (p 49): "As they have demonstrated with automotive
> >regulation, the American people, through their representatives, are fully
> >competent to balance personal liberty against public safety."
> >
> >Best Regards
> >
> >Mikael Pawlo
> >
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