<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:25 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Parminder,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 4pt; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">No, it will make European/ Indian decision applicable *only* to ICM registry and *not* to the ICANN. This is a straight forward and obvious fact despite your very clever attempt to twist it to suit you.<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">don't assume everyone is trying to apologize for imperialism when they are<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">simply explaining things to you. I know it's sometimes embarrassing to be wrong<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">in public, but it happens to all of us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">If ICANN - which, like Google or Microsoft, also operates in Europe - was found to be a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">co-conspirator to dominate the market for porn with a domain name registry then<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">European antitrust law would be as applicable as US law. See how EU antitrust actions<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">have affected Intel, MSFT and, potentially, Google.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">But of course, it IS true that if ICANN is found to violate California Corporation law<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">then California law would be applicable in special ways that no other jurisdiction would have.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">However, by this standard people like me outside of California are as disenfranchised as<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">you are. In other words, I have no more say and representation in California law than you do.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I do not vote for its legislature, I do not pay it taxes (thank God).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Now, either you are forced to admit that 80% of the US is subject to the same injustice as<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">you or (as I suspect will happen) you will continue to play the US card because that kind<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Of identity politics is more effective at getting people lathered up, just like Japanese/Chinese/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Korean nationalism over small dead rocks in the sea<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">And your solution to this problem is? As a key political actor in this space you must have some kind of a possible solution, and a possible roadmap to it.<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Read my book<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>Ø<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">(sorry Bill, did it again. But in this case, perhaps warranted?)</span></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div>Uh, well, er…maybe that and some other sources (and no, not just your blog). Bill Warren's Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism comes to mind :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, wake me when we get past 2003 and small dead rocks.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>