Question: With the ICANN's home page officially declaring cyberland speculation rampant, and with growing concern about potential inequalities and a digital-divide, would you support the ICANN's auctioning off the entire domain name space, with the revenue dedicated to lifelong education?

Nominee Replies

Emerson Tiller, J.D., Ph.D. - posted on 2000-10-07 14:49:46 I support auctioning off TLDs and using the proceeds to fund legitimate ICANN activities -- including educational programs about ICANN and the at large membership. Lawrence Lessig - posted on 2000-10-07 06:46:51 As long as the name space were expanded as quickly as I think it could, I have no problem with auctioning. But I do have a problem with ICANN taking on some political purpose like funding education. I'm all for education (after all, I'm a teacher); but I'm against ICANN assuming the role of a policy maker, by picking and choosing among policies to fund.