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02.08.2001 Bülten - netyorum.com / Sayı: 80
U.S. CONGRESS CONSIDERS BILL TO MANDATE DOMAIN CREATION -
ISOC PRESS RELEASE
Washington, DC / 11 July 2001 --
The Internet Society (ISOC) believes that the recent
introduction of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to create a new
top level domain, ".kids," is a step in the wrong direction in the technical
administration of the Internet.
The U.S. Department of Commerce was instrumental in the creation, three years
ago, of a new corporation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN), which is charged with domain name system management, among
other responsibilities. ICANN was created to provide a global system which will
ultimately be able to take full responsibility for certain administrative duties
that have historically been overseen by entities within the Department of
Commerce. This is an important step forward in creating an international
non-governmental structure to ensure that the Internet will grow and thrive.
The introduction of proposed legislation to require the creation of a new top
level domain is a direct threat to the authority of ICANN and goes counter to
the U.S. Government's previous strong support for ICANN's responsibilities in
this area. Whether or not the creation of a new domain directed to children is
useful and socially desirable, the proposal in Congress creates far more
problems than the new domain might solve. Among other things, the attempt to
compel ICANN to create a new domain invites retaliatory moves by other
governments. Many governments already have indicated some discomfort with the
level of U.S. governmental control of the root server containing the central
roster of top level domains. In addition, political interference in the
authority of ICANN serves only to encourage the creation of other structures,
including alternate root systems, that will ultimately result in fragmentation
of the Internet.
If the U.S. Congress finds that the merits of a new domain directed to children
are sufficient to warrant some legislative action, creation of a domain such as
".kids.us" or ".kids.[state designation].us" would be far preferable.
ISOC strongly urges the U.S. Congress to reject any attempts to micro-manage the
domain name system. The developing procedures of ICANN to create new top level
domains are the best avenue for promoting the fuller development of the Internet
domain name system.
ABOUT ISOC:
The Internet Society <http://www.isoc.org/>
is a non-profit, non-governmental, open membership organization whose worldwide
individual and organization members make up a veritable "who's who" of the
Internet industry. It provides leadership in technical and operational
standards, policy issues, and education. ISOC hosts two annual Internet
conferences <http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/>,
trains people from all over the world in networking technologies, conducts
workshops for educators, and publishes an award-winning magazine, OnTheInternet.
ISOC provides an international forum to address the most important economic,
political, social, ethical and legal initiatives influencing the evolution of
the Internet. This includes facilitating discussions on key policy decisions
such as taxation, copyright protection, privacy and confidentiality, and
initiatives towards self-governance of the Internet. ISOC created the Internet
Societal Task Force as an on-going forum for discussion, debate, and development
of position papers, white papers, and statements on Internet related societal
issues.
ISOC is the organizational home of the International Engineering
Task Force, the Internet Architecture Board, the Internet Engineering Steering
Group, and the Internet Research Task Force - the standards setting and research
arms of the Internet community. These organizations operate in an environment of
bottom-up consensus building made possible through the participation of
thousands of people from throughout the world.
CONTACT:
David Maher
Vice President, Public Policy
Internet Society
Tel: +1 312 876 8055
Fax: +1 312 876 7934
Email:
dwmaher@attglobal.net
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