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Subject: Re: Netzwelt: Geiselnahme im Netz
From: mf@mediafilter.ORG (MediaFilter, by way of Pit Schultz <pit@contrib.de>)
Date: 27 Jul 1997 17:59:00 +0200

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original: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt
name_space project: htp://namespace.autono.net

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>Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 03:58:03 -0400
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>From: mf@mediafilter.org (MediaFilter)
>Subject: Re: Netzwelt: Geiselnahme im Netz
>Cc: boris@well.com

[...]
> Mit so negativen Reaktionen hatte Kashpureff nicht
> gerechnet. Noch vor einer Woche behauptete er
> gegenueber Wired News selbstbewu=FEt: "Wenn Network
> Solutions mir an den Kragen geht, dann werde ich ein
> gr=96=FEerer Maertyrer als Phil Zimmermann" -- jener
> inzwischen weltweit bekannte Buergerrechtler, den die
> US-Regierung erfolglos wegen der Verbreitung seiner
> Verschluesselungssoftware PGP verfolgt hatte.
> Angesichts des Imageproblems, das Network Solutions im
> Netz hat, war die Zuversicht des Domaenenguerilleros
> gar nicht so abwegig. Doch trotz dieser alten
> Animositaeten stiftete Kashpureffs Aktionismus
> ausnahmsweise einmal Konsens in der Welt der
> Internetverwalter: So geht es nicht.


[...]
...Kashpureff didn't expect such a negative reaction.
"When Network Solutions cuts my throat, then I will become
a gurella martyr like Phil Zimmerman (of PGP fame)"
he proclaimed to Wired news....
[...]

Give me a break! this is like some bad tv movie.
Kashpureff, the self-styled martyr in hiding from the feds
as they move in to seize his computers after he hijacked
traffic from Nework Solutions' website to his own
(in a desperate attempt to log some hits?). If this is supposed
to be some profound statement, I think the message is lost
in the idiocy of it all.

As I stated in a previous posting, I denounce this type of traffic
hijacking as irresponsible practice and as a negative reflection
on other independents who are working to open up the address space
on the net in the interests of the public.

If Kashpureff would like to participate in the evolution of the net,
he should not jeopardize its stability of for the sake of personal
vanity.

This type of drama and diversion are totally unnecessary, and obscures
the focus on the real issues at hand in the whole namespace debate.
One major factor of the issue is being settled in the name.space/pgMedia
anti trust action against NSI...Kashpureff and others could potentially
benefit from the outcome of that action if they conduct themselves in a
mature and responsible manner. The next step in the implementation of
the expanded namespace demands responsible practice if we are to avoid
government regulation and corporate beauracracy and let the system evolve
and regulate itself naturally.

Judging by this recent bahavior though, it appears that some can't deal
with it all now, that it's beginning to get too real. The games and=
posturing
are over. It's time to finally put up or shut up.

...In my opinion, that is...


Paul Garrin
name.space
http://name.space
http://namespace.xs2.net