<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Guru - I am afraid this is a case of "listening to the Ramayana epic all night and then asking how sita is related to Rama" [or to pick a wider known analogy outside india, read the bible all night long and then ask who Jesus' mother was]</div><div><br></div><div>ICANN is already subject to the jurisdictions of whichever countries it operates in - Turkey and Singapore, right now. </div><div><br></div><div>The converse doesn't apply here. You are not subject to those laws either, any more than you are subject to California law because ICANN is a California nonprofit.<br><br>Also, do please resist the impulse to speak "for developing countries". It would be a good idea to represent that as your personal or organizational viewpoint, especially where you may not be able to find consensus for your argument.</div><div><br></div><div>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 02-Dec-2013, at 12:10, Guru गुरु <<a href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net">Guru@ITforChange.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/02/2013 11:05 AM, Lee W McKnight
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#000000;font-size: 10pt;">Hi,<br>
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Belatedly joining the discussion again.<br>
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First, agreeing with Milton we need to be precise about which
-level of analysis - and which - laws - we are talking about.
As Karl points out, again, California non-profit law is not bad;
he only wishes ICANN would follow it more closely : )<br>
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Whether good or bad, Californian law is CALIFORNIAN law. When I
have no role in making that law, why should I follow it (a very
basic political principle). <br>
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(Dear Lee, <br>
If I had not met/interacted with you, I would have thought you were
a neo-colonialist<span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocolonialism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocolonialism</a>)<br>
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for developing countries, resisting digital colonialism is an
important imperative, something global civil society could/should be
sensitive to.<br>
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regards,<br>
Guru<br>
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