[ncdnhc-discuss] U.S. Congress plans hearings for .kidsproposal

[Rob Courtney]

FYI, and the IDP has posted this, the .kids hearing has been 
postponed due to the ongoing bio-scare on the Hill.

I definitely agree that a Congressionally-mandated ".kids" would be a 
bad idea, and CDT (and others) will be keeping an eye on this issue.

If anyone wants to see it, the "Dot-Kids Domain Name Act of 2001" (HR 
2417) is available online: 
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:hr2417:

r

At 1:39 PM +0200 10/24/01, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
>As long as ICANN wants to be the worldwideweb editor I support that 
>too. But IMHO this is mission creep at its best. Like if when you 
>want to register your car, the car registration service person 
>objected to the maker, to your age, to your insurrance company, to 
>your passengers, to your bank choice, to your unversity 
>specialization, to your business, to the color of wife's hears .... 
>and required you first carried him back home and lend him your car 
>to go and watch the next sunrise ...
>
>On 10:06 24/10/01, Dany Vandromme said:
>>Adam Peake wrote:
>>>
>>>  If there's to be a .kids, then as a proof of concept and as a
>>>  compromise (sounds like Markey and Shimkus will not give up easily on
>>>  this) it should be tried as a second level under .us rather than as a
>>>  global TLD.
>>>
>>>  As a TLD forced on the world by two US politicians .kids is a bad
>>>  idea. Under .us, I personally, as a non US citizen, don't feel I have
>>>  any right to object, and the proof of concept might be useful.
>>>
>>>  (fwiw)
>>>
>>>  Adam
>>-
>>I fully agree with Adam. ICANN role is not to solve US problems. I would
>>not think that US Congressmen should be allowed to influence TLD process
>>at all.
>>As a SLD, why not, as far as it remains a US concern. But Proof of
>>Concept will be useful.
>>Dany
>>-
>>>
>>>  >A subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives is 
>>>planning to
>>>  >hold hearings on Thursday, October 25, 2001 regarding a "Dot Kids Domain
>>>  >Name Act." This bill, H.R. 2417, was introduced by two United States
>>>  >Congressmen, John Shimkus and Ed Markey, and would force the Internet
>>>  >Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to approve a "kid-friendly
>>>  >domain" first before any other domains can be introduced.
>>>  >
>>>  >See
>>>  >http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
>>>  >
>>>  >Sincerely,
>>>  >Christopher Chiu
>>>  >Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
>>>  >American Civil Liberties Union
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