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On 11.09.12 14:24, parminder wrote:
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 11 September 2012 03:54
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Parminder<br>
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One can put is also differently... if it is just US law then it
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Of course, it is so. Riaz. The exceptions to general rule of
national territoriality of jurisdictions has mostly been to US's
benefit, given its global power. The principle target of my
argument was the proposition that other countries, especially
developing ones, could exercise their jurisdiction, to a
significant extent, over an US based institution. I simply see no
basis for it.<br>
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There is one fundamental problem with exercising one's sovereignty:
you remain isolated.<br>
Example: the former "East Block" -- it has all the sovereignty it
desired but it came with certain isolation from the rest of the
world.<br>
Other examples are the various countries that experiment with their
sovereignty only to discover they are subject to some sort of
embargo.<br>
The world has always been this way, since "laws" exist. Most laws
have as their primary purpose to restrict the individual's freedom
(their ability to exercise their very own sovereignty) in exchange
for "public good" promises etc.<br>
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While on the issue, exceptions to international law have also
mostly been exercised by the US, again, because of its global
power.<br>
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Everyone discovers one day that justice is always on the side of the
stronger party. It has been so for millenniums.<br>
It is the lion that eats the gazelle and would not care less if the
gazelle intends to exercise it's sovereignty in any way.<br>
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A while ago we discussed what everyone and anyone can do to behave
on Internet. Many people mistakenly believe that ICANN has any
powers when it comes to operation of the Internet. ICANN is just a
forum. Even if you could usurp an forum, that won't change anything.<br>
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If someone wants their country to become important player in
Internet, then just make it so: invest in whatever infrastructure
and services it takes and that country will be important player in
Internet.<br>
Typically, insistence by strangers that they should control
something, that someone else built is ignored -- unless those
strangers turn out to be the prevailing party...<br>
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Daniel<br>
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