Re: [ga] Re: Redelegation issues

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:33:02 -0400, "John Berryhill"
<john@johnberryhill.com> wrote:

>
>> stability of the Internet, responsibility and service to the
>> Internet users.
>
>From the viewpoint of a U.S. corporation, i.e. ICANN, an over-riding
>consideration is obedience to the law.  We have, for example, an economic
>embargo of Libya (.ly)in effect in the United States. We also have embargoes
>against Myanmar (.mm), Iran (.ir), North Korea (.kp not delegated), and Cuba
>(.cu), among others.
>
>Quite frankly, if ICANN staff are negotiating ccTLD contracts with these
>countries, then they had better get a license from the U.S. Treasury, or
>they should be arrested and imprisoned.

Which is a good reason for ICANN not to be based in the US.

DPF
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