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What ICANN is Doing Wrong

• Comment posted Jan 16, 2012 3:02 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Re: gratuitous jabs at Beckstrom. I assume you mean the gossip pieces on .Nxt. And yes, you're right in the sense that these appear in the same way as serious stories and analyses and that's a problem. Every industry publication…

• Comment posted Jan 15, 2012 3:03 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  What an extraordinary outburst - and one that doesn't do you any credit, Antony. I suppose I should respond to the aggressive comments aimed at me personally. Re: animus toward Beckstrom. Well, I do think he has been a disaster…

ICANN's Internet Users Representatives Decry New Top-Level Domain Implementation

• Comment posted Dec 21, 2011 7:14 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Being completely neutral, I do think that the issues raised in the past few weeks in Washington have given people pause for thought. When there are so many voices against it, a number of big issues unresolved, and with ICANN…

• Comment posted Dec 21, 2011 6:53 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  There is very big caveat on this, Fred and it stems from the way ALAC works. Yes, there is a draft resolution and yes it has been posted on the ALAC wiki and yes that link was being passed around…

Removing Principle of Confidentiality in ICANN's NomCom is a Bad Idea

• Comment posted Sep 10, 2011 12:34 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  This issue of an excessively secretive NomCom has been going on at least five years, and each time it is defended by… those that have been in the NomCom. The broad point for why change is needed: there should be…

ICANN Finds Its Voice

• Comment posted Aug 10, 2011 8:40 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  A live link to my post with some background and context: http://dot-nxt.com/2011/08/10/icann-letter-to-ana

• Comment posted Aug 10, 2011 8:37 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think the stronger part of the letter is when it digs out the ANA response from 2008 and go through its points and outlines what changes have been made. I've gone through a bit of the history and context…

Does ICANN Need to Evolve Its Code of Conduct?

• Comment posted Aug 05, 2011 5:19 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I have been meaning to do an analysis of what has happened to the review recommendations made across ICANN - we've had GNSO, Board, One World Trust, ATRT, ccNSO, ALAC and so on. I'm pretty sure that the same pattern…

• Comment posted Aug 03, 2011 6:23 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I am have become increasingly convinced that the Boston Consulting Group's review of the Board was 100% right in this respect. They said, among other things: * Fewer Board members * Make them paid positions I think the BCG saw…

The gTLD Boondoggle

• Comment posted May 31, 2011 7:36 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  John - you have analyzed each step, for years, from the perspective of "now what about this shows that gTLDs will be a failure?" The problem is that as more and more people have looked at the rules, and it…

The ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team Recommendations: To Implementation, And Beyond

• Comment posted May 16, 2011 8:19 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  The revolving door point is a good one. I would add to it the lack of a whistle-blower policy for those are still behind the door. In one of the earlier reviews back in 2007 into ICANN's accountability and transparency…

Why ICANN Isn't Being Very Sensible: Part I - .brands

• Comment posted Mar 15, 2011 3:25 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  You're tilting at windmills here. This conversation has been had 100 times and raising it again now serves no real useful purpose. The reason why all the decisions that you are criticizing have been made is quite simple: no one…

Concerns About ICANN's Bylaws Shouldn't Bog Down Board/GAC Discussions

• Comment posted Mar 13, 2011 10:19 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  We looked at this issue in depth as well - including the process that dot-xxx has already been through wrt the Board disagreeing with the GAC. We arrived at the same conclusions: there is nothing currrently there that makes all…

New gTLD Program to Be Finalized After June ICANN Meeting

• Comment posted Feb 04, 2011 11:18 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  This *could* be the first time that the IP lawyers can be accused of wishful thinking when it comes to the gTLD timeline. If so, it would be a portentous flipping of traditional roles in this drawn-out game of chicken.…

San Francisco is the Best Place to Kick Off the New gTLD Program

• Comment posted Feb 01, 2011 12:20 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I couldn't agree more that San Francisco is the best place to kick off the new gTLD program - but I wouldn't be that excited about the ICANN meeting in March, where it will all be about intrigue and gossip…

Insight: .JOBS and New TLD's - Are You Paying Attention?

• Comment posted Jan 19, 2011 7:20 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I certainly think there is a lot of unknowns at the moment (something that I just have to point out will only be alleviated by people talking about ideas and plans at, hmmm, a two-day conference). But I followed the…

New gTLDs Differentiation: Do Good

• Comment posted Jan 18, 2011 2:43 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Absolutely agree with you on this Alex - getting the TLD is really only the start point. Without understanding the market, how the industry works, and, crucially, finding a way to differentiate yourself, then it's just $185,000 badly spent. Which…

Come to the First Ever Dedicated New gTLD Conference: .nxt

• Comment posted Sep 30, 2010 7:19 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Very pleased to hear you're coming Alexander, especially when I think you'll find a pretty big market for dot-gay addresses in San Francisco :-) Also if you register with the site, and then send me an email with your username,…

Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2010 2:01 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Well, we can agree that it's progress. I am frustrated though by the fact it comes from the Board because it feels under threat and under pressure. And more frustrated that some of the staff have given as little as…

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2010 1:02 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  And with the link live… http://bit.ly/crJSe6 Kieren

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2010 1:01 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm less impressed Mike. The proof is in the eating. And in this case there are very few nutrients and lots of added water. I'm written a blog post covering the actual contents in depth: http://bit.ly/crJSe6. Kieren

New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 1

• Comment posted Aug 10, 2010 11:25 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Re: how do we accomplish community discussion of what to do with the money before it's too late. I think the answer is that you have to demonstrate to the community why it is a priority. The ICANN world has…

• Comment posted Aug 06, 2010 4:14 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I usually disagree with you Shawn, but in this case you're raising a very good point. There are a number of important financial questions raised here that as far as I'm aware have little or no explanation or information about…

ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn?

• Comment posted Jun 11, 2010 9:36 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Very amusing response. I remain concerned though that you don't know exactly what is going on inside ICANN, yet you still urge people to act against it. As I recall, I did the opposite.

• Comment posted Jun 11, 2010 7:07 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  You may be asking the ICANN Board to smell the coffee but I fear you may have drunk it all judging by this and the previous high velocity rant, Mike. It has always been an impossible task to get communication…

Nominet Passes Governance Test With Flying Colours

• Comment posted Feb 26, 2010 5:50 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  [I've also posted this response on my blog] Hi Andrew, You appear to be reading hidden meaning into some of this post, which is a little peculiar although perhaps understandable considering recent history. On that point I would strongly encourage…

XXX Saga Continues

• Comment posted Feb 23, 2010 8:19 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I've dug into the panel declaration a little more with a story published today. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/icann_dot_xxx_decision_to_be_reconsidered/ Have comments from Rod Beckstrom, Stuart Lawley (also above), Vint Cerf and Wolfgang Kleinwachter re: the decision and next steps. Kieren

Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake?

• Comment posted Feb 22, 2010 9:03 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Ah you have a point Stuart. It could be referring to either: Martin Boyle UK govt letter to ICANN/GAC with respect to .xxx directly; or David Hendon (Martin's boss) with respect to the UK's/EU's negotiating position in WSIS. I've not…

• Comment posted Feb 22, 2010 8:27 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I should also add - which Twomey didn't - that the UK at the time was heading the EU so when Twomey talked about UK backing (from the lead negotiator David Hendon) - he was talking about the EU position.…

• Comment posted Feb 22, 2010 8:19 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  As a sort of continuation of my point about keeping the bombast down - this point about a "threat" made to Twomey by the new Deputy Secretary at the DoC is clearly taking things out of context. Even in the…

• Comment posted Feb 22, 2010 6:36 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Part of the reason things get out of hand and decision-making becomes so difficult at ICANN is the level of furore and bombast. So the new CEO has written a blog post about the IRP decision. That is an excellent…

Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal

• Comment posted Jan 23, 2010 1:14 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  When it comes to getting people to worry about things, I find that vagueness is 1,000 times more effective than specifics. We're getting some minor storms in LA at the moment. If someone was to say "there's a big storm…

• Comment posted Jan 22, 2010 6:25 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I sent a long response to the comment forum and have also gone back-and-forth a bit on my blog at kierenmccarthy.com. Broadly I agree with Bertrand (and France). But I just can't help feel a horrible sense of Brooks Law…

• Comment posted Jan 21, 2010 9:44 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  And here are the top five reasons why ICANN should say yes (albeit with some modifications). 1. Because it will move a much-delayed process forward 2. Because it enable for far more effective planning on the part of ICANN staff…

When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 2)

• Comment posted Aug 05, 2009 10:04 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  This can all be boiled down to a few simple points and a solution. * ICANN may receive large sums of money from the new gTLD process * If it does, that's a concern for some because there is no…

• Comment posted Aug 04, 2009 11:15 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  So, as per your suggestion to bring this over from the discussion on "Part 1" of this issue. I'm disappointed that none of our apparent agreement on important points in that discussion has led through to this post, but I…

When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 1)

• Comment posted Aug 04, 2009 12:10 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  It strikes me that your big concern here is not the fee, or the approach, or the methodology wrt the financial aspects of the new gTLD process, but more a legitimate worry about where a potentially huge sum of money…

• Comment posted Jul 30, 2009 6:21 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think you're are being more than a little unfair to ICANN here. Of course, it is logical to look at the organization that will receive money and question its motives, but you are missing several important aspects here. For…

How is ICANN Spending Your Money?

• Comment posted Jun 18, 2009 10:36 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  These attempts to highlight potential issues with ICANN would carry significantly more weight if any questioning of them was not immediately met with personal slights and abuse rather than considered review. Either there is a valid point - in which…

• Comment posted Jun 18, 2009 4:34 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  So now we've got the tiered pricing and the economic reports. And it's finished off with the final checkbox - personal abuse. See you again next time. Kieren

• Comment posted Jun 18, 2009 2:53 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm pretty sure this exact same issue was covered last year. In the end, I recall, an extensive explanation was given, all the details were published in the Annual Report, and there was a constituency of one (Mr Kirikos) who…

Twitter and Web Globalization

• Comment posted May 20, 2009 4:28 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Some good points and something that ICANN has been working on in different ways for six months or so. The main overall issue is: how do you connect multiple language versions of the same information together? If you don't do…

ICANN's New gTLD Timetable: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly

• Comment posted May 11, 2009 9:32 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Well, I agree with you about the announcement. It was written more as a report rather than an announcement and I think it suffers because of that. Fortunately I have been tasked with coming up with a better internal system…

ICA to ICANN: The IRT Must Open Up Or Be Stripped of Official Status and Support

• Comment posted Apr 29, 2009 3:48 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Frank Fowlie as ICANN Ombudsman acts independently of the organization - something that I have personally witnessed on a number of occasions. I'm afraid the comment above shows significant ignorance of the Ombudsman role. It may be worth pointing out…

ICANN's President and CEO Announces Resignation

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2009 5:11 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  A YouTube video of Twomey's speech is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tBdkyocS88

Your Comments Front and Center in ICANN New gTLD Process

• Comment posted Feb 19, 2009 8:02 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Thanks for your feedback George, I hope you will take advantage of the second comment period to make your views known. Kieren

• Comment posted Feb 19, 2009 6:29 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  There is a very clear explanation in the announcement about this. It says: "There have been a number of overarching issues raised in the comment process that require further work and so remain unchanged in this draft. Those issues are:…

I Am Not an IP Address, I Am a Free Man... and a Potential Customer

• Comment posted Feb 19, 2009 12:40 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I have a tip for the BBC's and its iPlayer - so long as you start the download on any programmes while you are in the UK (or, at least, have an IP addresses that it recognises as coming from…

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

• Comment posted Jan 09, 2009 1:27 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Thanks for this Suresh - I will pass on your comments. Kieren

• Comment posted Jan 08, 2009 6:29 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Hi Suresh, I'm getting back to you on this - albeit tentatively in case responding kicks off another series of arguments. ICANN staff has indeed reviewed the issue of repeat fellows. There was quite alot of feedback from new fellows…

ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 10:26 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm fairly certain from recent comments on this site that you would agree with almost anything at all so long as it was critical of ICANN, George. The discussion about compensation practices has descended into farce amid vague and incoherent…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 5:57 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Now, with respect to the Applicant Guidebook, I think that is a great example of ICANN staff working to boil down hundreds of thousands of words and many thousands of different viewpoints into a clear, easy-to-understand guidebook, split up into…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 5:57 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I have to say I don't agree with the basic thread through which you are weaving a multitude of other issues, Michael: that there is some kind of public outpouring on this issue of new gTLDs. We have both followed…

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 1:02 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  This has clearly crossed the line from critical thinking into a sorry, aimless rant. Shame. Kieren McCarthy

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 2:34 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Hi Suresh, There have been 115 accepted fellows since San Juan (June 2007) - an average of 23 a meeting. And there will be 23 going to Mexico City. The number of applications that meet the qualifications has increased over…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 2:18 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  1. See David's comment above re: compensation. 2. So you are writing a post about your own comments? 3. So you are writing a post about your own comments? 4. http://www.icann.org/en/participate/cairo-public-forum-response.html#delay (among many others) 5. So you are writing a…

ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?

• Comment posted Jan 05, 2009 11:44 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm somewhat surprised that a veteran of the ICANN process would find criticism during a public comment period so disturbing. There's no doubt that business has concerns about the Applicant Guidebook - it has made that clear through a number…

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

• Comment posted Jan 05, 2009 11:16 pm PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Or, more accurately, this post puts about eight carts before one donkey. The issue of executive compensation was raised in 2008 and so ICANN responded by putting full details of how this was calculated into the Annual Report (flagging it…

Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon?

• Comment posted Oct 24, 2008 9:10 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Hi George, My response above was with regard to your comment about price controls on sponsored and unsponsored TLDs, not the whole post. As to your wider question about whether the wording could in future allow for existing registries to…

Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement

• Comment posted Oct 24, 2008 5:21 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm not sure I agree with your characterisation of direct input to the people in a position to make changes as "red tape". I'd argue it was the complete opposite in fact. I can however guarantee you that it will…

Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon?

• Comment posted Oct 24, 2008 5:08 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm not sure I agree with how "disturbing" it is, but you're right George, this must have slipped through the net. The document is being updated as we speak with an explanatory note that should address your concern. Thanks for…

Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement

• Comment posted Oct 20, 2008 12:51 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Hi Michael, You can subscribe to ICANN's compliance newsletter at http://www.icann.org/newsletter, and read previous editions at http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/newsletter/. If you feel that ICANN is missing something in its compliance work, then the best way to change it directly is to provide…

How Can ICANN Improve Institutional Confidence?

• Comment posted Oct 14, 2008 11:34 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think you are being a little disingenuous with your use of stats here Margie. If you look at the stats that MarkMonitor compiled from that session (see here: http://www.markmonitor.com/topleveldomains/index.php), it clearly shows that only 12 percent of people listed…

Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement

• Comment posted Oct 14, 2008 10:36 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  The Internet community has always taken ICANN and its work very personally, and I think your response reflects that John. The point I have tried to make is that ICANN is doing alot of compliance work, and it is making…

• Comment posted Oct 14, 2008 4:22 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  We're in agreement about one thing - ICANN's compliance program used not to be as good as it needed to be. But from there, particularly this arbitrary idea that ICANN is "making it up as it goes along", we have…

• Comment posted Oct 13, 2008 5:27 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  All useful pointers, John, except that you're about six months out of date. The announcement (not press release) that ICANN had sent Breach Notices to Joker and DNS.com.cn (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01oct08-en.htm) was just one point in the September edition of the Contractual…

Vint Cerf on the Diminishing Novelty of Internet

• Comment posted May 19, 2007 12:49 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Hey Suresh, Actually, I checked this out. I owe Victoria an apology. Apparently she had a phone interview with Vint and he talked about the concept of management of the Net becoming less fascinating for people, so that explains the…

• Comment posted May 17, 2007 12:12 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Oh sorry to wrongly malign you Ali, it's Victoria Shannon I should be asking where she came up with the angle. I still think it's odd. Maybe the sub-editor wrote it. Kieren

• Comment posted May 16, 2007 10:42 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  This is a bit of a weird angle. I'm not sure what "diminishing novelty" means. The interview certainly doesn't imply any novelty or otherwise. Anyway… I thought it might be worth me sticking my head up for this one since…

Splitting the Root: It's Too Late

• Comment posted Apr 16, 2007 2:57 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Re: China breaking free from the root. I read this recently in a Village Voice article: "Already, foreign country-code operators are balking at U.S. control and the hefty fees ICANN has attempted to impose; China recently bolted the ICANN root…

Researchers Explore Redesigning Internet Infrastructure from Scratch

• Comment posted Apr 16, 2007 8:13 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I agree with Brett - look at the problems there are with getting people to move to IPv6 and that has very clear advantages. I think you can only really build on top of the Internet at this moment in…

ICANN Asked to Adopt Specific TLD for Banks

• Comment posted Apr 02, 2007 2:10 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think this story is some clever PR by a company that wants to get coverage before the new gTLD round is opened. And good on them. The more innovative and helpful ideas for new gTLDs, the better, as far…

The Real Problem with dot-XXX

• Comment posted Mar 16, 2007 7:03 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I don't really know what to say in response to that Milton. I make a point about US-bias in perspectives over online content and I receive in return a personal attack and a meandering diatribe smothered with yet more ICANN…

• Comment posted Mar 14, 2007 10:26 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  On a related tangent, I would like to quote from a new book called "The Regulation of Cyberspace" from London School of Economics (LSE) law lecturer Andrew Murray. Murray says his book is an effort "to develop a distinctly European…

Internationalizing the Internet

• Comment posted Nov 26, 2006 11:25 am PST — by Kieren McCarthy
  Just an observation - and I certainly don't mean to impugn anyone's motives or abilities - but: Why is it that the people that say putting the Net into different languages is too complex are always English speakers? All non-English…

What Will Be the Outcome of the Internet Governance Forum Meeting in Athens?

• Comment posted Oct 20, 2006 5:55 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'd say that was a pretty good summary Antonios. The IGF even now remains amorphous. No one really knows what is going to happen, or what the outcome will be. Or even if it will survive past this year. But…

Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral

• Comment posted Oct 18, 2006 4:08 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I know it *shouldn't* take an expert, but I was just trying to explain how and why, within the media processes, it does need one. I can't say I blame you for not wanting to take on a media expert…

• Comment posted Oct 16, 2006 8:25 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Ah yes, but Tucows isn't talking and hasn't put out a press release. So its part in the saga is pushed to the sidelines. I agree, the reporting has been inaccurate, but the reasons are complexity and the lack of…

• Comment posted Oct 14, 2006 8:47 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Hang on, I wasn't saying that was the criteria that Spamhaus uses on deciding whether to stick someone on their blacklist. I was pointing out why the court case exists in the first place, why Spamhaus didn't contest it, and…

• Comment posted Oct 14, 2006 12:58 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think I can offer some insight here into why the story has run so heavily in the media when normally you would expect it to barely register. It has a number of sexy elements that act as flags to…

ICANN Sacrifices Privacy for Shot at Independence

• Comment posted Oct 13, 2006 8:05 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I'm still not sure what's gained apart from making any system massively more complex. What does the split actually provide? Is the idea that it will help fraud? How? Any fraudsters will use whatever loopholes exist - and in this…

• Comment posted Oct 12, 2006 11:21 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Re: splitting business and people. No, there's no need to split them. Why should there be? The splitting argument is just one of many that has caused this issue to go round and round. What does splitting the two actually…

• Comment posted Oct 11, 2006 3:37 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think there's no doubt that Paul Twomey agreed to the Whois addition in order to get the USG wording that implies a lifting of government control. I also think he was right to do so because he didn't have…

Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement

• Comment posted Oct 08, 2006 1:09 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I agree with you over the secret list thing. The easy solution to this is just to ask Stuart Lawley. He tends to give straightforward answers to questions. Kieren

• Comment posted Oct 07, 2006 6:26 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Ah, well then I am party to confidential information. I argued with Stuart Lawley over whether the adult industry would want .xxx so he must have provided me with some information. Plus I have been researching the adult online industry…

• Comment posted Oct 07, 2006 5:34 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  Milton is right. The huge number of public comments came from right-wing US Christian groups that made it abundantly clear they didn't have the slightest idea of what the .xxx proposal actually entailed. As for the porn industry. The porn…

The GNSO Review

• Comment posted Sep 19, 2006 5:56 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I think it's worth reading the whole report. And I have to say, I am slightly surprised and impressed that the LSE team got such a quick understanding of the issues that everyone has been privately complaining about for so…

The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight

• Comment posted Jul 30, 2006 12:52 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  It's not a bad idea, the Baby Bell concept. As I read your paper, you're talking about four different bodies. One for IP allocation, one for root server management, one for DNS management and another one to cover interconnections, protocols…

Tom Cruise Wins TomCruise.com, Hardly Unpredictable

• Comment posted Jul 26, 2006 8:50 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I agree with you John in the sense that the stats can't be relied upon as proof - what stats ever can? - but what they do do is provide back-up for the endemic problems within the current UDRP. After…

The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight

• Comment posted Jul 26, 2006 8:09 am PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I wasn't referring the UN Security Council as is, I thought I had made it clear I was refering to the proposed new models for the UN Security Council. The reason why should be obvious: because people have been reviewing…

• Comment posted Jul 25, 2006 8:05 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  There is already a government in overall charge of the root zone file, so can we honestly expect to get to a position where there isn't governmental influence in the future? I think the solution is to provide governments with…

Why I'm Standing for the ICANN Board and Why I've made My Statement Public

• Comment posted Jul 14, 2006 2:42 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I have created a page on ICANNWiki for anyone else that is happy to state publicly that they have applied to the NomCom for one of the positions. I note that Patrick Vande Walle has announced on his blog that…

• Comment posted Jul 12, 2006 2:21 pm PDT — by Kieren McCarthy
  I agree with you John. The problem is not that decisions are made in comparative secrecy, or that people in the Internet community are lacking in ideas or views, it's that there doesn't seem to be a clear connection between…