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Karl Auerbach Wins Right To Inspect ICANN Records

Posted by timothy on from the some-kind-of-wonderful dept.

Siobhan Hansas writes: "Karl Auerbach was in court today fighting for the right to inspect and copy documents he first asked to see in 2000, shortly after he became a member of the Board of Directors. Salon have the AP story. Auerbach won the right to inspect documents, but not to copy them, and was required to give ICANN 10 days notice of release of any information marked "confidential" to give them the opportunity to seek a court order stopping him." M : A first-hand report from the hearing makes good reading.

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  1. Re:remind me... by Oculus+Habent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We have the problem of equating the Internet with a truly distributed, open system controlled by no one and belonging to no one.

    Too often we forget that DNS is completely dependant upon 13 central systems, and much of the networking is commercially owned.

    That last part has come to mind recently, due to the troubles of KPNQwest and WorldCom.

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  2. ICANN doesn't think of itself as public... by dpbsmith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought this was very interesting: (from http://icann.blog.us/stories/2002/07/29/auerbachWi nsCourtCriticize.html cited above:)

    "ICANN responded that it didn't see Microsoft or IBM putting their general ledgers and charts of account on the web, but the Judge quickly intervened with this: Court: 'As a non-profit, public benefit corporation, you have a duty to the public -- the international public in this case -- that is very different than Microsoft or IBM. This is a public benefit corporation.'"

    That's just the problem. ICANN keeps forgetting that it's public, and keeps falling back into the private, corporate mindset.

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