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On Tuesday 15 November 2011 05:33 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
wrote:
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type="cite">Dear All,
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<div>One of the interesting policy areas within the WGIG 2005
Document is on Intellectual Property. A friend of mine had sent me the
link to an article by Geist. I did not read it until a few days later
and think that some of you may find it interesting, see: <a
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href="http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-argues">http://www.thestar.com/article/1085475--geist-internet-belongs-to-us-u-s-argues</a></div>
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With such far reaching 'domestic' claim over the supposedly global
Internet infrastructure, just because much of it has historically been
anchored in the US, how wise is it to accept continued US lordship over
ICANN and IANA functions. Anything done under a revocable contract with
the US gov is, in real essence, not much different from being done 'by'
the US gov. In
any case, ICANN and any other entity that could possibly take up IANA
under the new tender remain fully subject to US laws and US
courts. It is a very untenable, and very unacceptable, situation. <br>
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In the new IANA tendering process, I am completely unable to see the
'big step forward' that Wolfgang sees. In fact, by perpetuating the
untenable and inappropriate situation when the end of the present
contract
with ICANN presented an opportunity, it is a big step backwards.<br>
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parminder <br>
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<div>This led me to extract the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from
the US Congress website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:1:./temp/%7Ec11213UD8d::"
target="_blank"
style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 65, 112);">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:1:./temp/~c11213UD8d::</a></div>
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<div>This of course reminded me of Rojadirecta's Petition earlier
this year, see:</div>
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style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <a
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href="https://www.eff.org/files/Petition%20for%20Release%20of%20Seized%20Goods%20Final.pdf"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112);">https://www.eff.org/files/Petition%20for%20Release%20of%20Seized%20Goods%20Final.pdf</a></div>
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style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">There
is also an interesting article, see:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/us-government-rojadirecta-owners-must-prove-i"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112);">http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/us-government-rojadirecta-owners-must-prove-i</a>
(I apologise that this is a secondary source)</div>
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<div
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One
thing is certain, 2011 is a very interesting year in the world of
internet governance</div>
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-- <br>
<div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div>
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<div>Tweeter: @SalanietaT</div>
<div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div>
<div>Cell: +679 998 2851</div>
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