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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><small>Le 31/08/12 23:44, Milton L
Mueller a écrit :</small><br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New";color:#1F497D">[Milton L Mueller] It was decided
when ICANN was created that it would NOT be immune from
antitrust law. </span></i></b></blockquote>
<font size="+2"><small><small><small>Thank you Milton. That seems an
important point, indeed. <br>
I'd like a lot to learn from you where that decision was
written?<br>
Some can consider that as long as the USG oversights ICANN,
it means that ICANN should escape anti-trust laws.<br>
Other claim that ICANN is nearly an international ONG, that
should receive a sort of immunity.<br>
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Actually, in the recent .XXX trial, ICANN alleged:</small></small></small><br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
'TimesNewRoman'">"<i>ICANN does not
engage in “trade or commerce.</i>” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
'TimesNewRoman'">"<i>ICANN is engaged in “charitable </i></span><i><span
style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
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style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
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</span><span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
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“lessen[] the burdens of government and promot[e] </span></i><span
style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
'TimesNewRoman'"><i>the global public interest in the
operational stability of the Internet.</i>”</span>
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<a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/litigation/manwin-v-icm/icann-motion-to-dismiss-complaint-20jan12-en.pdf"><abbr
title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers"> </abbr></a><small>From:<a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/litigation/manwin-v-icm/icann-motion-to-dismiss-complaint-20jan12-en.pdf"><abbr
title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>'s
Motion to Dismiss Complaint</a> [PDF, 235 KB]<br>
<span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
'TimesNewRoman'"><big><big><small><br>
The true nature and rules of Internet Governance (IG)
may be sometimes uneasy to clarify for people in Europe.
I don't dare imagine what a nightmare it could be for
us, you and me, if IG was managed by Indians or Chinese
people (just as examples), with devanagari or hanzi
writings, Indians or Chinese laws, Indian or judicial
systems, etc.<br>
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Best,</small><br>
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<small>@+, Dominique</small><br>
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Dominique Lacroix
Société européenne de l'Internet
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ies-france.eu">http://www.ies-france.eu</a>
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