Intellectual Property Law

ICANN Thursday

By Susan Crawford

Big, big, long day.  I’m catching up now on the news from the U.S. about the draft Markey bill and the FISA wrangling, and I’m looking forward to being in the same general time zone as the DTV transition, just to see how badly it turns out.

Today was the public forum - huge relief to do it differently, no longer in the form of approaching a priesthood from a great distance, but now as an actual public forum, with everyone on the same level and all comments addressed at everyone.  (I agitated for this a while ago but it couldn’t happen until now.)  Now all we have to do is make sure that it’s actually a forum during which we all hear from unfamiliar voices.  Translation is also making a difference, but, again, not yet complete.  Steps, anyway.

Then, after a break for another workshop, the Board met for several hours to talk over strategic issues for the coming months and years.  Huge relief not to be working into the early hours of the morning - huge - and to have a relatively civil and constructive meeting.  Tomorrow, Friday, is the Board meeting during the morning, and then I have the honor to talk to the Delhi Law School in the afternoon.  That’s all I’ll see of India, unfortunately - I have to leave late tomorrow night to get back to New Haven.

Full post as published by Susan Crawford Blog on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).