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ICANN Involvement
Magaziner was the Chief Internet Policy Advisor for President Bill Clinton. He led a group of experts to examine the situation of the internet during the late 1990’s. He drafted the report, A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce, which was released by President Clinton on July 1, 1998. Magaziner’s framework called for the development and commercialization of the Internet by an international corporation free from government control. The five important principles introduced by Magaziner are:[4]
The development of the Internet and electronic commerce should be handled by the private sector.
Governments should avoid imposing undue restrictions on the Internet & electronic commerce.
If needed, government support should be minimal, predictable, simple and consistent with the legal environment for electronic commerce.
Governments should recognize the unique qualities of the Internet.
The Internet and electronic commerce should be handled on a global basis.
Magaziner's framework paved the way to the creation of the Green Paper, which was followed by the White Paper, which called for the establishment of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names of Numbers, an independent and international non-government corporation that took over the technical management of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.[5]
On March 14, 2011, Magaziner spoke during the 40th ICANN Meeting's Opening Ceremony in San Francisco and imparted some suggestions to the Internet governing body for its continued success in carrying out its responsibility in managing the Internet DNS. His suggestions include:
ICANN needs to work hard to increase international participation and include more people from to developing country's to help lead the organization.
ICANN should not try to build an empire but take great pains and be frugal while efficiently operating the DNS system, which is the core mission of the organoization.
ICANN must be incorruptible and fully transparent.
ICANN must empower Internet users.[6] |