On 10/26/14 9:25 PM, Barry Shein wrote:
I think one missing or weak component are those who actually make this
stuff work vs the pie-in-the-sky infringer/volume/policy crowd.
I've sat in IPC meetings and suffice it to say there isn't much clue
on that front and why should there be unless the go-fast/go-always
crowd shows up?
they're trademark lawyers. they'll know about pokey, but not much else,
and they may not be able to articulate why infringement as a risk exists
at the first and second levels, but not so much further down the tree.
Sure it does tend to creep in as proposed policies escape and get the
attention of the doers but the danger is by that time the
infringer/volume crowd might be quite committed to their vision: Make
PI=3.0 and full steam ahead.
as i mentioned, policy originates in the gnso. by the time it is
"available" for those not having a vote in the gnso council the policy
is generally baked in, so pi is three.
What's also often lacking is simply administrative and management
insight but that's not particularly germaine to this group.
icann's administration and mangement of constituencies is "light", and
those playing the long game (generally those lobbyists with clients and
more than 20 meetings of time-on-target) know that process, budget and
agenda control is where the game is won or lost. as for getting
operational clue, other than that of the registries, to where pi is
defined as an integer, well, that simply revisits david's point that the
ops people are broadly a no-show, and most that do show bath ritually
when outside of their silos.
But I did get into a minor shouting match with an IP lawyer last week
in LA who just didn't understand why service providers won't drop
everything we're doing to rush through their discovery needs, for
free, without indemnification (or similar), or jurisdicational
authority, on an as-needed basis.
who? i may know him or her -- i had to work with the ipc to protect
tribal names -- over the objections of milton meuller and robin gross
and so on who think tribes are evil trademark holders -- and shouting
may not be the only means of communicating effectively.
-e
