I translate this to mean that (1) we can point to any root we want (true, but not real relevant for Joe Clueless User) and/or (2) the root servers could choose to mirror something other thand the DOC root (true in theory but not real likely in practice, cf. discussion of root server operators in http://personal.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/formandsubstance.pdf [My last comment on this thread today, I promise] On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Joe Baptista wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: > > > ICANN is not the controlling body for the ".". That role belongs to the > > US Dept. of Commerce. It chooses to take ICANN's advice, but has no duty > > to do so. Lengthy legal details at: > > well i hate to say in the end the legal argument amount to alot of > jibberish. i appreciate your hard work on behalf of the community but > your idea of control is flawed. thats what happens when one spends more > time looking at law and misses the technical details. everyone has made > that mistake. > > the "." is in the control of the end users. thats who has always been in > charge of ".". the DOC is irrelevant with respect to control. it's a > consumer choice. > > now if every government on this planet wants to regulate what *.* their > users use - then i say fine - thats an experiment i would love to see > happen. better then the fireworks i see all the time at del crary park. > > but failing that complete technical control of "." is in the hands of the > internets end users. thats where the power in "." resides. > > regards > joe baptista > > -- **NOTE: 7/31-8/14 law.miami.edu will have random downtime due to "network upgrades". Mail will bounce, and www.law.tm will 404.** Please visit http://www.icannwatch.org A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | froomkin@law.tm U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm -->It's very hot here.<--