Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web
Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net> Sun, 13 July 2014 05:19 UTC
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On 7/12/14 2:38 PM, John C Klensin wrote: > ... > Assuming that your calculations are correct (I suspect they are > close enough for analysis purposes). The "17 cents per..." > style of analysis seems to me to be useful in only two sets or > scenarios: My point John is merely that this function, for which the US Government takes some present interest, through both the Executive and Legislative branches, is presently implemented through a no-cost contract. Were Government to return to the prior contractual form, this particular item, when amortized across some nominal broad notion of users (Elliot, and Brian, have been making a user-pays argument, where user appears to be defined as domain registrants, privatization presumed, though a "user pays" claim for protocol parameters, generally, is rather narrow if limited to domain registrants, and has the effect of privileging a former monopoly retaining market power, and its sales channels, and trademark holders, with more access to policy making than other, larger definitions of "user"), has a "cost" that is rather small. > > (1) To claim that IANA is a public good that should be paid out > of the public coffers without worrying too much about the > amounts involved. Before looking to whether or not the IANA is a "public good", it is a public function, authorized by legislation which in turn is interpreted and implemented by an agency of government. > If one makes that argument, one must, I > think, be prepared to argue Nope. See above. > that IANA is more important (in > terms of priority access to the public coffers) than other > public goods, such a preventing starvation, educating small > children, sundry emergency services such as police and fire > departments, etc. I'm disinclined to go there; YMMD. > (2) If one has taxing authority with regard to the sources whose > resource impact is being measured and intends to use it. ICANN > clearly does not have that authority (independent of whether it > can assess fees on entities who do business with it, a different > matter) and a further separation of ICANN from the US Government > also further separates it from anyone with such authority. > Even if ICANN's (or IANA's) ties to the government were closer, > I don't think additional (or new) taxes, especially on > "Community Anchor Institutions" who are mostly nonprofit and > tax-exempt would have much chance in today's legislative > environment in the US. $7.2bn/$4.7bn. The BTOP. And the $0.17/yr salami slice can be taken before it is distributed to the subscriber CAIs. > All of that is obvious independent of the question of whether, > if IANA is going to be treated as a public good or the > equivalent thereof (as several of the discussion threads on this > list effectively suggest even if they don't use those words) ... The IANA function benefits the public. However, that isn't the issue. Eric
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Michele Neylon - Blacknight
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John C Klensin
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Andrew Sullivan
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Andrew Sullivan
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Andrew Sullivan
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Seun Ojedeji
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Stephen Farrell
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Lynn St.Amour
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Carsten Schiefner
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Seun Ojedeji
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Christian de Larrinaga
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Stephen Farrell
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Christian de Larrinaga
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Avri Doria
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Stephen Farrell
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eliot Lear
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Avri Doria
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Stephen Farrell
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John C Klensin
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Dan York
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Lucy Lynch
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eliot Lear
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Stephen Farrell
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Dan York
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Carlos M. Martinez
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Seun Ojedeji
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Andrew Sullivan
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Alissa Cooper
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John C Klensin
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John Springer
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eric Brunner-Williams
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Dan York
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Dave Crocker
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Lynn St.Amour
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Theresa Swinehart
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Avri Doria
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Avri Doria
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Christian de Larrinaga
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Seun Ojedeji
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web David Conrad
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eric Brunner-Williams
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Seun Ojedeji
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eliot Lear
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web JFC Morfin
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web S Moonesamy
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eric Brunner-Williams
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John C Klensin
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web David Conrad
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Miles Fidelman
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Costs (Was: Re: Transition … Peter Koch
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… Seun Ojedeji
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… JFC Morfin
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… Jari Arkko
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John Curran
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… Andrew Sullivan
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John Curran
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John Curran
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web JFC Morfin
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Andrew Sullivan
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eric Burger
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- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web John Curran
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… Steve Crocker
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… David Conrad
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Suzanne Woolf
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… John Curran
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… S Moonesamy
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web Eliot Lear
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… Andrew Sullivan
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… Dave Crocker
- Re: [Internetgovtech] Contracts, what problems we… S Moonesamy
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