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From: "Shahryar, Suheil" <sshahryar@verisign.com>
To: <DNSTransition@ntia.doc.gov>
Date: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: How the Internet should be run
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OBJECTIVE
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I think that the Internet should be considered an international
resource
to which everyone has right of access and in essence of ownership.
Much
like a public highway, usage of the Internet should be chargeable
(either via tax or toll) based on volume of usage over an agreed
period.
Annual usage charges to individuals (as opposed to companies
and
organisations) should be minimal and be included in the cost
charged by
an ISP or equivalent service provider (like the air travel
tax levied on
air passengers by airline carriers). For those unable to afford
to pay
the basic charge, governments or equivalent responsible agencies
should
be mandated to pay on their behalf out of charitable funds
set aside for
this purpose.
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OWNERSHIP
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Ownership and associated management of the Internet must be
delegated to
National, State or equivalent agencies, the number of which
should be
kept to low. Every individual should have the right to determine
to whom
they would like to delegate the ownership and management responsibility.
Individuals themselves should not be able to retain management
rights,
however they should be subject to ownership liability, including
mandatory agreement to acceptable use of the Internet. This
agreement
should be obtained upon registration of an Internet address
(email, URL
or other). Every individual should have the right the determine
the real
name of their address, but not the unique name of their address
which
must be determined according to a universal address format.
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MANAGEMENT
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The Internet should be run in accordance with at least the
best
practices in legal, commercial, and governmental processes.
The running
of the Internet should be outsourced to multiple and preferably
private
not for profit organizations. The number of organizations managing
the
Internet should be minimized but not monopolised. These organizations
should agree to the general rules of the Internet stipulated
by a
significant majority of the delegated Internet owners and reconfirmed
on
a yearly basis through a voting system where every individual
has one
and only right to vote. The delegated owners should maintain
oversight
of the management, with clear segregation of duties between
the
delegated owners and the management organizations, very much
like the
difference between a company's Board and the executive.
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CONTROL
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The monitoring and policing of the Internet should be assigned
to
approved companies, not associated with either the delegated
owners or
the management entities. Monitoring and control should abide
by the
rules of the Internet, which must abide my international rules
and
rights of the individual, eg Human Rights. Privacy of individuals
must
be maintained in accordance with the best privacy laws of member
states
or owner entities. Monitoring should be delegated to companies
selected
by the delegated owners. These companies should be audited
under the
rules of the Internet.
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IMPROVEMENT
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There should be a single body composed of representatives of
selected
delegated owners responsible for the development and improvement
of the
Internet design, as well as discussing and setting the strategic
vision
of the Internet. Any significant change to the architecture
of the
Internet or of its management processes should be put to the
vote to the
delegated owners and approved if there is a significant majority.
Thanks and regards
Suheil Shahryar
(Profession: Director of Information Security Consulting)
18 Poets Court
Milton Road
Harpenden AL5 5EW
United Kingdom
mailto:suheil.shahryar@ntrlworld.com |