Thanks for this, Milton. Besides your points and relevant comments
already made by Adam on the accountability issue, there is another point
which ought to be considered: with or without the JPA, ICANN will remain
as a US non-profit corporation based in California -- ie, a US national
corporation under US laws. So without the JPA it will not automatically
"denationalize", of course. This would be a relevant first step, but a
lot needs to be done after this to make it truly autonomous from any
State -- a true international organization.

[]s fraternos

--c.a.

Milton L Mueller wrote:
> A debate is developing over the future of the ICANN "Joint project
> agreement" with the US Commerce Department. Comment deadline is Feb.
> 15th, I have seen astoundingly little discussion of that topic here. On
> today's IGP blog, I seek to stimulate some discussion of that issue.
> Please take a look and let me know what you think. 
> 
> http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/1/17/3470996.html
> 
> 
> Milton Mueller, Professor
> Syracuse University 
> School of Information Studies
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> Internet Governance Project:
> http://internetgovernance.org
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> The Convergence Center:
> http://www.digitalconvergence.org
> 
> 

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