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RE: Re[2]: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force


What contract?  What implied contract?  RFC 1591?

On 3 Sep 2001, at 3:08, Peter de Blanc wrote:

> In the absence of a "jurisdiction clause". The "implied contract"
> might just as well be in the country of the ccTLD manager.
> 
> Peter de Blanc
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William X Walsh [mailto:william@userfriendly.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:33 PM
> To: Peter de Blanc
> Cc: 'Elisabeth Porteneuve'; cgomes@verisign.com; ga@dnso.org;
> jandl@jandl.com
> Subject: Re[2]: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force
> 
> 
> Sunday, Sunday, September 02, 2001, 9:00:11 PM, Peter de Blanc wrote:
> 
> > I concur (agree) with Elisabeth's comments here.
> 
> > Peter de Blanc
> 
> Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:
> > The ccTLDs represent Local Internet Communities, and contrary to the
> > gTLD Registries, ccTLD Registries do not operate under the US law
> > and jurisdiction, but under national law and jurisdiction.
> 
> But in fact, the ccTLD was delegated under an implied contract that is
> subject to US Law.  So in effect, ccTLDs are, to a limited degree,
> subject to US Law.
> 
> > I agree with you Chuck: the ccTLD are certainly not really very
> > different from gTLD, they demand equal considerations within ICANN.
> 
> I think the ccTLDs fail to see the tremendous pressure that ICANN was
> under with regard to gTLD issues.  That was the most pressing thing
> before them, and was being used as a measure of their ability to
> handle the job.
> 
> The reality is that ICANN didn't have much choice but to make gTLD
> issues a top priority.  And as a rule, most of the ccTLDs opposed the
> creation of new gTLDs, so the split between ICANN and the ccTLDs on
> this issue isn't really very surprising.
> 
> But, let's get some answers from the ccTLD community.
> 
> What are these issues that the ccTLD community feels have been
> neglected?  Specifics please.  In this way, the ccTLD community can
> start taking an active roll in advancing awareness of those issues.
> 
> Perhaps Peter and Elisabeth could put up a web page describing some of
> the ccTLD related issues that they feel ICANN should be addressing,
> and then the GA, as a part of the DNSO (where those issues belong) can
> begin the process of developing recommendations and recommended policy
> to cover to them.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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