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RE: [bc-gnso] Sharing NetChoice Op-Ed on NTIA Announcement
- To: "Steve DelBianco" <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'bc - GNSO list'" <bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Sharing NetChoice Op-Ed on NTIA Announcement
- From: "Jimson Olufuye" <jolufuye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:22:45 -0700
<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000066;
font-size:10pt;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana,
geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">Thanks for sharing.</div><div style="color: rgb(0,
0, 102); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;
">Let me also share with you AfICTA Statement on the subject matter:</div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;
"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana, geneva;
font-size: 10pt; "><span style=""><a
href="http://aficta.org/index.php/component/content/article/35-latest-news/200-aficta-statement-on-the-proposed-transfer-of-the-iana-function-by-ntia";>http://aficta.org/index.php/component/content/article/35-latest-news/200-aficta-statement-on-the-proposed-transfer-of-the-iana-function-by-ntia</a></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;
"><span style=""><br></span></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align:
-webkit-auto; "><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font
color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2"
style=""> </font></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align:
-webkit-auto; "><font color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2"
style=""><span style=""><img alt="Aficta" height="101" width="106"
src="http://aficta.org/images/stories/logo/Aficta.png";
style=""></span></font></div><div align="center" style="text-align:
-webkit-auto; "><font color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2"
style=""><span style=""><b style="">AfICTA statement on the proposed transfer
of the IANA function by NTIA</b><o:p style=""></o:p></span></font></div><div
align="center" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><b style="background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2"
style="">20.03.2014<o:p style=""></o:p></font></b></div><div align="center"
style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><font color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva"
size="2" style=""><span style=""> </span></font></div><div><font
color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2" style=""><span style=""><a
href="http://aficta.org/index.php/home"; target="_blank"
style="">AfICTA</a> - the Africa Information and Communication Technology
Alliance, notes the announcement by the United States’ <a
href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions";
target="_blank" style="">National Telecommunication and Information Agency
(NTIA) of the Department of Commerce</a> regarding its role related to the
internet <a
href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/iana-functions-purchase-order";
target="_blank" style="">IANA function</a> and calling for a process of
engagement by the global multi-stakeholder community by 2015.<o:p
style=""></o:p></span></font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="verdana,
geneva" size="2" style=""><span style=""> </span></font></div><div><font
color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2" style=""><span
style="">AfICTA<b style=""> </b>is a private sector member of the global
multistakeholder community, representing the interests of the ICT sector in
Africa; our members will actively participate in the processes leading to
a responsible, accountable transition toward actualization of the NTIA
announcement.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></font></div><div><font color="#000066"
face="verdana, geneva" size="2" style=""><span
style=""> </span></font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="verdana,
geneva" size="2" style=""><span style="">Africa is the world's second largest
continent, and the Internet and online services are vitally important to the
socio-economic development of Africa. With African businesses and
socio-economic development being increasingly tied to the Internet, the need
for a single, robust, stable, secure and trusted internet cannot be
over-emphasized.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></font></div><div><font
color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2" style=""><span
style=""> </span></font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="verdana,
geneva" size="2" style=""><span style="">As the dialogue among stakeholders
therefore intensifies in the coming months, great effort on the replacement of
the NTIA role should be focused on an Internet that remains accessible,
unified, stable, secure and trust-worthy. Whatever solution that will evolve
should be balanced and unamenable to takeover by any political or economic
interest. It should also be such that it operates under the highest environment
of respect for the rule of law.<o:p
style=""></o:p></span></font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="verdana,
geneva" size="2" style=""><span style=""> </span></font></div><div><font
color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva" size="2" style=""><span
style="">Finally, the potential new oversight regime should have inherent
features that would enable it to surpass the stewardship of the regime it is to
replace. AfICTA’s members look forward to continuing our contribution to
a transition that reflects bottom up, multi-stakeholder participation and full
engagement. <o:p style=""></o:p></span></font></div><div align="center"
style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><font color="#000066" face="verdana, geneva"
size="2" style=""><span style=""> </span></font></div><div style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br
style=""></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: verdana,
geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);
font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family:
verdana,
geneva;">--------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span
style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Jimson Olufuye, fncs, ficma,
PhD</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">CEO Kontemporary®
</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Chair,
AfICTA</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">connecting African
ICT players & </span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">...
fulfilling the promise of the Digital Age for everyone in Africa.</span><br><a
style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"
href="http://www.aficta.org";>www.aficta.org</a><span style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><br><span
style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><a
href="http://www.kontemporary.net.ng";>www.kontemporary.net.ng</a></span><br><span
style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">M: +234 802 3183252</span><br><span
style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Skype: jolufuye</span><br><br><span
style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">This email is for the exclusive
recipient/s and it may contain confidential materials. If you have received it
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discard at once. Thank you.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);
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Subject: [bc-gnso] Sharing NetChoice Op-Ed on NTIA Announcement<br>
From: Steve DelBianco <<a
href="mailto:sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</a>><br>
Date: Thu, March 20, 2014 8:10 pm<br>
To: "'bc - GNSO list'" <<a
href="mailto:bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx";>bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx</a>><br>
<br>
<div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Just a little something to read
as your trek or prep for ICANN Singapore.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">A Washington DC publication aimed at US Congressional
audiences ran today in <i><b>The Hill</b></i>. (<a target="_blank"
href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/201079-rewriting-the-future-of-internet-governance";>link</a>
and below)</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">(note: there’s nothing here for political partisans.
This is about where we are and the work ahead of us)</font></div> </div> <div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br> </div>
<span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word;
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"> <div> <div>
<div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:
20px;">Rewriting the future of Internet governance</b></font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">Americans created, built, and advanced the Internet,
while leading the effort to protect it from censorship or discriminatory taxes
and regulation. But now the U.S. government is releasing a big part of
its stewardship role, leaving it to others to chart a path that keeps the
Internet secure, stable, and successful.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">Last week the Commerce Department announced that it
would relinquish control of its contractual authority over the Internet’s
global addressing system.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">The positive global response was immediate and vocal,
signaling that the move might relieve some of the intense pressure from
foreign governments demanding an end to the United States’ unique legacy role
in Internet oversight.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">That
pressure, which has existed for more than a decade, spiked following the
Snowden revelations, despite the lack of any linkage between NSA surveillance
and the technical operation of the Internet’s addressing system.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">By relinquishing its legacy ties, the administration
may relieve a thorny diplomatic problem, but the effect this move will have on
the Internet itself is less clear.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">Commerce has asked for a transition plan to move
control of the Domain Name System into the hands of “the global
multistakeholder community”, and it called upon ICANN to develop that plan.
ICANN is the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers, created by the Clinton Administration in 1998 to assume day-to-day
functions and policymaking for Internet addresses.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">The Commerce Department had oversight over ICANN for
the subsequent decade, conducting performance reviews and occasionally
reassuring the world about U.S. stewardship. In 2005 when some nations
hinted at shifting the U.S. role to the United Nations, Commerce “committed to
taking no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the
effective and efficient operation of the DNS and will therefore maintain its
historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root
zone file.”</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">By 2009, ICANN had matured
to the point that oversight could be relaxed in favor of an agreement with the
Commerce Department, known as the Affirmation of Commitments. Under this
document, the U.S. Government gave up its direct oversight in exchange for
ICANN’s commitment to serve the global public interest, subject to regular
reviews of its accountability and transparency, and the security, stability,
and resiliency of the domain name system. For all its worth, however, the
Affirmation can be cancelled by ICANN with just a 120-day notice.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">But with or without the Affirmation in place, the
U.S. Government has always retained the contractual authority to pull the plug
on ICANN if it failed to live up to its obligations. In 2012, for
example, Commerce Undersecretary Larry Strickling used his contractual
authority to pressure ICANN to raise its operational standards for managing the
root zone.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Now, the Commerce Department is letting go
of the plug, suggesting this kind of contract leverage is no longer needed and
that ICANN has matured to the point that it needs no external authority.
While the politics of this decision may make all the sense in the world,
the process of transition and the methods that will replace U.S. oversight have
yet to be developed.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The government’s current
contract with ICANN runs through September 2015, by which time the Commerce
Department must approve the transition plan ICANN comes up with. Commerce
announced a few conditions under which it will approve a transition proposal,
and there is plenty of time for the Administration to raise the bar for
ICANN.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The Commerce Department should reject any
transition plan that leaves ICANN accountable only to itself and to the world,
since that’s like being accountable to nobody at all. If ICANN is no longer
going to answer to the U.S. Government, it must answer to someone with the
authority to correct the organization if it goes astray.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">Commerce has promised it would reject any transition
plan that gives control to governments or intergovernmental bodies like the UN.
But once ICANN has full control, Commerce won’t have the contractual
leverage to prevent governments from capturing ICANN.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">Congress can also play a role, by asking how the
Administration came to this decision at this time, and by advising the Commerce
Department on how to hand-off control without dropping the ball on the
Internet’s security and stability.</font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif">But ultimately, it will fall to the private sector
and civil society – through our participation in ICANN – to design mechanisms
that pressure ICANN to be responsible and accountable. The “global
multistakeholder community” may not be ready for the task that the Commerce
Department has handed us. But ready or not, the future of the Internet
may hinge on our success.</font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span>
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<div>Executive Director</div> <div>NetChoice</div> <div><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.netchoice.org/";>http://www.NetChoice.org</a> and <a
target="_blank"
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