[governance] Do We Need An Internet Zoning Law?

Roland Perry roland at internetpolicyagency.com
Thu Sep 4 03:42:30 EDT 2008


In message <48BDDD6B.40D243EC at ix.netcom.com>, at 17:42:20 on Tue, 2 Sep 
2008, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> writes

>> If that's a bid for USA rules to work extra-territorially, you are
>> getting into tricky ground.

>  No tricky ground what so ever.  Read the GATT or NAFTA trade
>agreements for refrence.

So it's a trade agreement that (eg) stops a UK-based gambling site 
having customers in the USA (in a town where gambling was banned), and 
would also permit the USA to attempt stop it having UK customers 
(because USA thinks gambling should be banned there too)?

>  That should take you about 5 or 6 days each.  Understanding them 
>takes a bit longer.

...

>  I sort of figured you would have a bit of a difficult time parsing the
>difference

"It's all too complicated for me to explain in simple language" isn't 
going to get you many converts, I fear.
-- 
Roland Perry
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