[governance] .berlin and ALAC

[Milton L Mueller]

-----Original Message-----

>"... The parliament of Berlin has voted 
>down the .berlin proposal with a
>majority decision. Does anybody think that 
>such a local decision should be
>ignored by an ICANN ALAC? ..."

My response to Michael Leibrandt: 

Does the parliament of the German city of Berlin hold global ownership
rights over the character string "berlin?" If so, let me see the title
deed.

If the city of Berlin in Germany had been asked whether the city in New
Jersey, USA could name itself Berlin also, would it have approved or
not? Would it matter? 

If Social Democrats and Lefties don't like having a local TLD, why are
they not satisfied with refusing to patronize it, rather than
suppressing it altogether? 

Finally, what does ALAC have to do with it? A decision on TLDs will be
made by ICANN's new TLD process and its Board, not by ALAC. 

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