<div dir="ltr"><div>Side effects: Ok so some of this is conjecture; but not all. Basically the leeway a country gives organizations based in it (as opposed to one based out of another country) is often limited by their perception of it. ICANN would not have immunity to anything in most countries, so for example if they chose to be based in Dubai .XXX may be considered illegal, and the ICANN local "fragment" (using "fragment" here as opposed to "local office" since I expect they will operate somewhat independently in most regions). Various regional regulation would affect ICANN's activities - that's the side effects I'm talking about. </div>
<div> </div><div>If there's an ICANN India "fragment" we can expect regulatory interference - if not now then in some time - but it'll more likely be there than not. </div><div> </div><div>CoG: Centre of Gravity :-/</div>
<div> </div><div>The "centre of power" need not be a government, but it would be one country. For most multinational organizations there's always one centre - unless they plan to have 10 CEOs and 10 top-management teams. And the centre of power would invariably be in the country where the head office is. </div>
<div> </div><div>If however ICANN does decide to have X-number of top-management teams, a fair few of the current stuff that happens could be deemed illegal within a local context (see: side effects).</div><div> </div><div>
I thought this would be obvious though which is why I didnt go into much detail. Sorry about that.</div><div> </div><div>Best,</div><div>Chaitanya</div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chaitanyabd@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaitanyabd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>Unlikely to happen easily without major, major sideeffects.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>But it is happening, can you explain these side effects?</div><div class="im"><div> </div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div> The US is a heavyweight so no matter who's around the CoG will lean towards it anyways....</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>What's CoG?</div><div class="im"><div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div> </div><div> </div><div>Problem/question is there would need to be one centre of power @ICANN and which country will hold it?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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Why does there need to be one "centre of power" and why does it need to be a government?</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><div>-- </div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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