On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: > 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] or 3) joe clueless gets an education and switches to an appropriate route. i was once a joe clueless long before you joined the picture along with the other 300 million users who are online today. you too were a joe clueless once and now you have gratuated to froomkin cluedin. i admit - these days most of the internet population is very juvenile. most of you are in your pre teens in terms of internet development age. but that will change - alot of froomkin clued in types are on the way. so don't ever discount joe clueless or be so presumptive as to discount them. as i have said - and as it has been cleared shown - control of the "." is in the hands of joe clueless internet users - so in the end they hold the power irrespective of law. regards joe > > 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.<-- >