> On 15 Aug 2024, at 11:49, Lloyd W <lloyd.wood=40yahoo.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > because the Internet is under de facto US control and always has been, > currently through ICANN. You are confusing the domain name system with the Internet. Not only are they different, they do not share the same fate. To illustrate this: five years ago TikTok was unheard of and now it valued over $100bn, far exceeding even a generous valuation of the domain name industry, and all on a handful of domain names. Jay > > ICANN now has "global multistakeholder governance", gradually supplanting > US Department of Commerce oversight, for what that's worth. > > A new, unique jurisdiction suggests new and unique laws. Unlikely. > The internet runs on physical hardware located in existing countries, > bound by their laws. > > Lloyd Wood > lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> On 15 Aug 2024, at 02:15, Nick Lockheart <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Addressing only the question of Jurisdiction, let me ask this: >> >> Who owns Antarctica? >> >> Why couldn't nation states sign a treaty that establishes a new, unique >> jurisdiction for the Internet, that protects one of Earth's greatest >> treasures? > -- Jay Daley IETF Executive Director exec-director@xxxxxxxx
