Re: [ga] Mr. Qaddafi Salutes Verisign

[Marc Schneiders <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D. wrote:

> The issue goes well beyond the registrars and to ICANN itself.  Under
> recently-described contracting principles for ccTLDs, it would appear that
> ICANN has every intention of entering into direct negotiations with the
> Libyan government over continued delegation of the .ly ccTLD.
>
> The Iraqi ccTLD, incidentally, is not an issue, as it was not delegated to
> any institution in Iraq and is not maintained by or on behalf of any Iraqi
> organization.

The solution is of course not to see the ccTLDs as being 'in the hands' of
the US gov or its contractor ICANN. Why would they be?

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