<div dir="ltr"><div>Beautifully put Nobert "a global governance institution is subject to the laws and court system of a country that is a military and economic superpower". </div><div> </div><div>I imagine it would really affect if ICANN were _REALLY_ de-centralized - with each branch being an authority unto itself, and THEN if they were subject to regional law in a more restrictive region. </div>
<div> </div><div>So it's a _good_ ICANN's core is in the US of A - given the long-standing freedom they've enjoyed (which is really only being noticed now) - leeway in other countries may run out fast when a local (person/org) does use the legal process. Many instances of Google/FB/etc being asked to take down content specially in India. If the authorities realize they can strong-arm ICANN into exterminating those source domains they'll do it! Not a pretty picture. Hopefully that day will never come.</div>
<div> </div><div>-C</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Chaitanya Dhareshwar <<a href="mailto:chaitanyabd@gmail.com">chaitanyabd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Side effects: Ok so some of this is conjecture; but not all.<br>
> Basically the leeway a country gives organizations based in it (as<br>
> opposed to one based out of another country) is often limited by<br>
> their perception of it.<br>
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</div>Yes, how much "leeway" there really is gets tested only rarely, namely<br>
when someone takes an issue to court. (Karl Auerbach's ICANN lawsuit is<br>
one of the rare examples; it's an example which shows that ICANN being<br>
subject to California law isn't all bad news, even from the perspective<br>
of someone like me who is rather critical of any situation where a<br>
global governance institution is subject to the laws and court system<br>
of a country that is a military and economic superpower.)<br>
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Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
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