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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 20 October 2015 04:45 PM,
Padmini wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Adding to that, he also said that the issue of
jurisdiction doesn't relate to the physical presence of ICANN
as much as the jurisdiction of dispute resolution mechanisms,
and to not focus on the former which is not as relevant. <br>
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That is a deliberately misleading statement -- jurisdiction has not
only to do with judicial oversight or enforcement of dispute
resolutions mechanisms-- it is much more important vis a vis ICANN
continuing to be subject to all arms of the government of the US,
judicial, legislative and executive.... <br>
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He is able to speak like that bec the 'ICANN crowd' has
traditionally shown itself to be a gullible group, ready or willing
to be easily mislead with regard to these key political issues,
which are of central importance to the people of the world<br>
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Basically, no move in jurisdiction will ever be supported. </p>
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This was always known..... Civil society groups should have put the
two issues of 'jurisdiction' and 'external oversight' (external to
the current ICANN power configurations which extent to a good part
of the so called ICANN communtiy - for instance see ALAC's lame give
in ) up front to be resolved first, without sepnding months on the
intricacies of Californian law on non profits, and what constitutes
a board fiduciary duty, and such triva...<br>
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parminder <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 Oct 2015 16:43, "Pranesh Prakash"
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">At a meeting
with civil society actors, Larry Strickling of the US NTIA was
asked by my colleague Padmini whether the US Congress would
support the multistakeholder model if ICANN's jurisdiction
were to shift.<br>
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He said that it wouldn't.<br>
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Pranesh Prakash<br>
Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society<br>
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