<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Andrea Glorioso wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Monday, June 4, 2012, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Indeed, ICANN can remove entire top-level-domains (such as a ccTLD)<br>> That is going to be the case for some entity no matter how you set up<br>> Internet governance in this area.<br><br>What if the authority to take such decision was shared among different entities?</blockquote><br></div><div>The implementation of such a decision will ultimately occur within a single entity, </div><div>which will exist within the territory of a nation state somewhere. Unless that </div><div>particular nation state agrees not to create independent outcomes via its sovereign </div><div>powers over the implementation entity, I believe you still have the same situation.</div><div><br></div><div>FYI,</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimer: My personal views alone. These thoughts have been prepared with</div><div>reasonable level of skill and care with the hope that may be useful in your efforts,</div><div>but we disclaim fitness for a particular purpose unless specifically noted otherwise.</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>