Re[2]: [ga] .kids domain

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello L,

Wednesday, July 04, 2001, 8:27:23 PM, L Gallegos wrote:

> This proposed legislation does make a point, though, doesn't it?  
> How can ICANN claim to be a multinational organization and the 
> root a global entity when it is owned and controlled by the US 
> government?  Isn't it, then, a US root with a huge market share, 
> managed by a private US corporation?  With ICANN not having to 
> answer to anyone but the state AG and DoC and with DoC simply 
> rubber stamping anything that ICANN decides per their stated 
> policy, we seem to have just what was said at the February 
> hearing:

<sigh>

More grandstanding.

Let's face reality, wherever ICANN was based, it would subject to the
laws of the country it was domiciled in, and could be compelled to act
based on laws in that country.

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Best regards,
William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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