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