<div>Mhhm</div> <div> </div> <div>I am reading these postings and I am asking me;</div> <div> </div> <div>Why should an African media person bother about ccTLDs?</div> <div>Why should an an SME in an African country take on a NIC when it might actually scare customers?</div> <div>Does anybody on this list know any reason why an ordinary African person in Africa searching for information will use his country's ccTLD?</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>IMHO, you need to be somewhere to get on-the-ground experience. I do appreciate the efforts that ICANN has been making over the years to sort of "democratize" the debate. But there other existential issues that come first to African even before Technology, before the Internet, before domain names...</div> <div> </div> <div>I have come to learn by experience that tech is best when it serves to solve individuals' problems. </div> <div> </div> <div>Kwasi, your
concerns are real. But I can promise that when you get back to Ghana, your understanding will expand.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>How many of you know the Highway Africa News Agency? It is an organization of African Media whose main thrust is ICT. Every year, around Septemeber, for 11 years now, HANA organizes trainings and a conference for media. This year, more than 500 media people will be in Highway Africa.</div> <div> </div> <div>The site is here <A href="http://hana.ru.ac.za/">http://hana.ru.ac.za/</A></div> <div> </div> <div>I have copied the Editor here</div> <div> </div> <div>Very best</div> <div> </div> <div>Nnenna<BR><BR><B><I>yehudakatz@mailinator.com</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hello Stephane and Phil,<BR><BR>I want to understand this particular thread (or parallel) better, wherein
your<BR>opinions you demarc the 'Jurisdictional Boundaries' of ccTLDs and gTLDs.<BR><BR>Could you please expand upon it technically (in terms of DNS) & non-technically<BR>(in terms of Governmental lines).<BR><BR>[*Note: Please base your argument from the perspective of the<BR>Consumer/User/Registrant. If you'd like to add the Political aspects like UDRP,<BR>Intellectual Property, etc. / thats fine, but thoses are already understood ]<BR><BR>-<BR>RE:<BR><BR>Phil wrote: ...<BR><BR>You mean that: having ccTLDs, which allow citizens, residents and businesses of<BR>a country to register domain names within a legislative and political framework<BR>that may be more favorable to them, than a gTLD, (where UDRP will ensure that<BR>large corporations can force you to relinquish your domain if they believe they<BR>own the trademark to it) and *possibly*, at a cheaper price -- is a vanity<BR>thing ?<BR><BR>-<BR><BR>Then Stephane wrote: ...<BR><BR>But for the registrant, as Phil
explained well, it is *not* the same thing to<BR>be subject to the laws of California (ICANNland, USA), Virginia (Verisignland,<BR>USA) or of his own country!<BR><BR>--<BR><BR>Note* Stephane I like your rhetorical, however I'm not quite clear on how you<BR>have severed these into separate Jurisdictions (what you said, is what I'm<BR>looking to understand better):<BR><BR>" ... it is *not* the same thing to be subject to the laws of California<BR>(ICANNland, USA), Virginia (Verisignland, USA) or of his own country! "<BR><BR>-<BR>Thnx<BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<BR>governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org<BR><BR>For all list information and functions, see:<BR>http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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