You raise an interesting point in that you are proposing certain FCC rules, guidelines
and standards.How did ICANN get awarded legal jurisdiction over domain names over
the FCC?
Through ICANN there is no due process and no administrative law due process,
no real standards or rules.
Apparently, the US Department of Commerce and
the Clinton Administration arbitrarily awarded ICANN (a private non-profit company)the
powers it has today.
This may be exactly what Al Gore meant when he said he gave
us the Internet (However, he apparently gave only ICANN the Internet). And,
by the way, Al Gore jokingly has also stated something like: "I gave you the Internet
and I can also take it away".
With FCC
regulation, the process would certainly appear to be fair and there would be clear
rules, guidelines and standards for the Industry to follow.
ICANN may be showing
us, through its selective policy enforcement efforts, that it is time for direct
US Government intervention and regulation.