PFF Adjunct Fellow Mike Palage, who served on the ICANN board from 2003 to 2006, filed these comments (PDF) on the NTIA’s recent Notice of Inquiry regarding ICANN’s future. Mike’s four key points were as follows:
ICANN’s Periodic Review of its internal operations and supporting organizations has failed, and has become nothing more than a “perpetual motion machine of public comments and documentation producing no meaningful results.” Only a second Evolution and Reform Process can solve ICANN’s current deficiencies;
ICANN must hardcode into its policies and its contracts the principle that its policies cannot supersede national laws;
ICANN must cease any operational role in technical infrastructure as required by its bylaws and focus instead on its mission as a technical coordinator; and
Congress must avoid “kicking the JPA can down the road” and instead provide much-needed leadership by creating a solid foundation for ICANN 3.0 in legislation after proper consultation with the Government Accountability Office.
Berin Szoka / Berin is the founder of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow at The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Director of PFF's Center for Internet Freedom. He covers Internet and media policy issues including privacy, advertising, neutrality, cybersecurity, free speech, child safety, and various other efforts to regulate the Net.
Berin was elected in 2010 to the Steering Committee of the DC Bar Association's Computer & Telecommunications Law Section. Before joining PFF, he practiced communications, Internet and satellite law as an Associate in the Communications Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP. Previously, he practiced at Lawler Metzger, a boutique telecommunications law firm in Washington and clerked for the late Hon. H. Dale Cook, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
A recognized expert on the legal and regulatory issues associated with space commercialization, Berin is a member of the FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). He is a Director, and former Chairman, of the Space Frontier Foundation, a citizens' advocacy group founded in 1988 and dedicated to opening the space frontier by enabling "NewSpace."
He received his Bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Submissions Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology.
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I support Mike's comments on the NTIA’s recent Notice of Inquiry regarding ICANN’s future. Those comments show an in depth understanding of ICANN's role in internet governance and its failure to function properly in the recent years. – Mike
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ICANN must hardcode into its policies and its contracts the principle that its policies cannot supersede national laws;
Very dangerous–so a country that can pass laws against certain sites, and require ICANN to enforce them. This is a backdoor for the IP fascsits to get the DMCA or the ACTA enforced by a supra-national body.
Oh, and where is the coverage at this supposedly pro-fredom site about the ACTA???
http://enigmafoundry.wordpress.com eee_eff
ICANN must hardcode into its policies and its contracts the principle that its policies cannot supersede national laws;
Very dangerous–so a country that can pass laws against certain sites, and require ICANN to enforce them. This is a backdoor for the IP fascsits to get the DMCA or the ACTA enforced by a supra-national body.
Oh, and where is the coverage at this supposedly pro-fredom site about the ACTA???
http://enigmafoundry.wordpress.com eee_eff
ICANN must hardcode into its policies and its contracts the principle that its policies cannot supersede national laws;
Very dangerous–so a country that can pass laws against certain sites, and require ICANN to enforce them. This is a backdoor for the IP fascsits to get the DMCA or the ACTA enforced by a supra-national body.
Oh, and where is the coverage at this supposedly pro-fredom site about the ACTA???
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