Question: Questions for all candidates in all regions. I would be grateful for an answer this week. In your opinion, who should own the domain name registry? Multiple choice (please choose one): a) US Govt; b) ICANN; c) NSI; d) Other (Please specify)

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Emerson Tiller, J.D., Ph.D. - posted on 2000-10-03 23:36:30 d) no one should own it, but it should be managed under contract from ICANN. Donald Langenberg - posted on 2000-09-19 05:13:47 I'm not sure the question makes sense and would like some further explanation. A registry of anything (e.g., birth certificates) is commonly maintained by some publicly-responsible organization like a government on behalf of its constituency, and I imagine the same ought to apply to a domain name registry. Since the latter is intrinsically global or international, it seems obvious to me that it should not be owned by any national government, but rather by a suitable constituency-based international body, like ICANN. Lawrence Lessig - posted on 2000-09-18 13:51:48 d) Data are not owned. Registries will produce lists which are held, and made available, according to the terms set in contracts.