My personal views are if anything I would say that the situation proves that the system works. It means that decisions can be subject to scrutiny. Having personally seen voluntary scrutiny take place within ICANN and now seeing decisions being checked by the legal system it shows that the organisation is answerable. <div>
<br></div><div>If anything, the US is probably the strictest enforcer of antitrust laws in the world and standards for corporate governance rate as among the highest if not the highest. This should inspire confidence that decisions can be checked. For ICANN it means an internal self evaluation and ongoing assessment to ensure that they perform their obligations to the highest standards.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Organisations all over the world, governments included continue to learn, grow and evolve that is part of life. You pick up and learn and move on. It does not mean that all your actions are going to be flawless - show me one perfect organisation and I will show you Utopia. Of course that does not mean that we do not strive for excellent<br>
<div> standards.</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:45 PM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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This is a very important, and possibly a historic, news, which
exposing the meaninglessness of ICANN's claim of independence from
the US establishment.<br>
<br>
A US court has given the go ahead to the anti-trust filing against
ICANN decision instituting the .xxx gtld . There is every
likelihood that this decision of ICANN may be found as going
against US laws. What would ICANN do in that case? At the very
least, it is quite probable that ICANN may be asked to put certain
new provisions in its registry agreement regarding .xxx, as has
been sought by the plaintiff. What would be ICANN's response in
that case?<br>
<br>
Remember that each of the new gltds will be open to similar review
by US courts.<br>
<br>
ICANN has lost a major battle regarding its claimed status as a
global organisation responsible only to the global community, a
claim which in any case had feet of clay....<br>
<br>
And with it, also those who defend ICANN on the above ground have
lost a major battle. I hope such defendants on the list will
respond to this news and the paradox it poses.<br>
<br>
It is now clear that ICANN is subject to US judicial review (which
of course it always was), and that its decisions can be struck
down by US courts, in which case, ICANN has just no option other
than to reverse its decisions. For those who have expressed lack
of clarity about the meaning of oversight, this is oversight.
Well, to me more precise, this is judicial review which is a part
of overall oversight.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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parminder <br>
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<div>On Tuesday 21 August 2012 06:37 AM,
Robert Pollard wrote:<br>
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<br>
Thanks for these interesting links. I'm re-posting your message
with a new subject line, as the issue would seem to deserve a
separate thread from "new gTLDs".<br>
<br>
Although the suit may have some implications for new gTLDs, many
of the allegations re antitrust issues re the .xxx tld are based
on the the particular history of the establishment of .xxx and the
actions of ICM Registry, LLC in obtaining control of it<br>
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Robert <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:44 PM,
Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202567792748" target="_blank">http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202567792748</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/tal/icann.pdf" target="_blank">http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/tal/icann.pdf</a></span>
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