[anti-abuse-wg] anti-abuse-wg Digest, Vol 17, Issue 11
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Karl-Josef Ziegler
kjz at gmx.net
Sun Jan 20 12:55:09 CET 2013
> Thinking about it, just in the last day or two I've realized that > RIPE, ARIN, IANA, ICANN, and all such authorities are in many ways > quite analogous to our Federal Reserve here in the United States. In > both cases, the entities have much authority and are widely perceived > as having charters that somehow commit them to pursuit of the public > good. But in both cases, the reality is rather different... these > entities are in fact merely commercial associations of business > interests that are pledged, if not by law then by contract, to never > reveal even a smidgeon of their commercial member's dirty laundry to > any "outsider", and their iron-clad commitment to this goal always > takes precedence over any other consideration. I agree. The main goal of these organisations for me seems to be not protecting public goods but protecting the commercial interests of their members. So they aren't nonprofit organizations? Best regards, - Karl-Josef Ziegler
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