Luc Faubert wrote an article on the ISOC@WSIS blog, describing ITU’s Itsumi (ie not the Itsumi we know and love
), as an emperor wishing to rule the Internet. While I certainly agree that the ITU is not the best authority to rule the Internet, whatever that means, there are some statements by Luc I disagree with. There are posted here as the moderator of ISOC@WSIS does not seem to read his e-mails to approve comments.
Governance discussions whose outcome have no impact whatsoever on users represented well over half the efforts
I would not be as affirmative as Luc is regarding the fact that it does not affect users. ccTLDs, for example, have much to do with patriotic feelings. The potential disappearance of a ccTLD under the current framework is a geostrategic issue. These two issues are addressed in the WSIS agreement. Porn TLDs do shock some cultures.
So yes, DNS TLDs are a political matter. This is a major concept that the technical community does not want to take into account. It is arguing that it is politicization of a purely technical matter. Sorry guys. Technology is here to serve societal and political goals. It is not an answer in itself, but can help addressing and solving the issues.
As for the “emperor”, there has been one for years and he made it clear he does not want to share its treasure. We should make sure there is no emperor, not even a soft-handed one. And if there must be an emperor somehow, let us apply the law of constitutional monarchies, ie the king reigns but does not govern.
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