[CWG-Stewardship] ICANN fighting separabiity in the numbers space

[Greg Shatan]

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that ICANN is pushing back against separability....

I agree that this is a warning sign and a reminder of earlier conversations
in and around the CWG.

Greg

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>  I am at the ARIN meeting in San Francisco, and members of the CRISP team
> gave a report on the status of their proposal.
>
> That discussion revealed several very interesting facts about how ICANN
> legal is negotiating with the numbers community over the CRISP proposal.
>
> Apparently, ICANN legal is fighting very hard against the ability of the
> numbers community to terminate the contract with notice.
>
> It is also resisting the idea that the numbers community could do periodic
> review and competitive selection of an alternate provider if it was deemed
> necessary
>
> The CRISP team pointed out that the contract termination clauses of their
> proposed contract with ICANN was much less one-sided than the current NTIA
> contract, yet ICANN is still resisting it.
>
> It seems clear to me that ICANN will fight very hard to maintain control
> of IANA, and is doing everything it can to mitigate separability as a real
> option.
>
> This provides us with a very clear caution regarding internal proposals.
> When ICANN controls IANA and there is no legal separation we should not be
> naïve about how easy it will be to create “nuclear option” procedures that
> provide for separability.
>
>
>
> Milton L Mueller
>
> Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
>
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>
> http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/
>
> Internet Governance Project
>
> http://internetgovernance.org
>
>
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