Re: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force

["John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <john@johnberryhill.com>]

From: "Jefsey Morfin" <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>
> How an ICANN policy could conflict with any local law?

Simple.

Take, for example, the embargo against Iraq.  Apart from the UN Security
Council, the US government also forbids dealing with the Iraqi government.

However, Register.com is accredited by ICANN to deal with anyone.  Hence,
Register.com derives income from registration of the domain name uruklink.net
, which is used by the Iraqi government for communications.

Similarly, Network Solutions maintains taleban.com, on behalf of an Afghan
fugitive in the United States who formerly operated the now-closed Taleban
Mission to the U.N.

Register.com and Network Solutions derive their authority to do these things
from ICANN, and they appear to conflict with U.S. law.






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