[lir-wg] ICANN Reform

Or gov's get concerned enough that the ITU directs its
treaty bound orgs to "take over".    

If gov types get concerned enough they can and will pass
legislation that can, and will (with the power of law) take
any and all of this away.

Don't believe this can happen, look at various digital rights
laws.  DMCA in the US for example.  Bad law can and does happen,
it takes years to fix and lots of money.

By dumping ICANN/IANA and walking, that could be viewed as
"screwed up enough" to those on Capital Hill, Brussels, etc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lir-wg at ripe.net [mailto:owner-lir-wg at ripe.net] On 
> Behalf Of Daniel Karrenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:14 AM
> To: john at chagres.net
> Cc: 'David Kessens'; 'Hans Petter Holen'; 'RIPE Local IR 
> Working Grouo'
> Subject: RE: [lir-wg] ICANN Reform
> 
> 
> At 04:29 AM 10/8/2002, John M. Brown wrote:
> >What IMHO, believe is that should the RIR's depart, which
> >I'm against, this would open the oppertunity for other
> >organizations to take control.
> >
> >ITU, being one of them.  This would be a particularly BAD IDEA
> 
> Not unless the RIRs screw up enough to loose the confidence 
> of their communities. 
> 
> Daniel
>