[governance] Re: Why the unilateral US control over generic TLD is dangerous

[parminder]

Further to below, Verisign admitted that the seizure action was done 
through them (this is about the old case mentioned in my email). quoting 
from below referred item.

So, Adam, changing the registrar in the present case under discussion 
would simply not have helped. So lets focus on the real problem, and a 
possible solution to it.

    VeriSign sent this statement:

        VeriSign received sealed court orders directing certain actions
        to be taken with respect to specific domain names, and took
        appropriate actions. Because the orders are sealed, further
        questions should be directed to the U.S. Department of Homeland
        Security.



parminder wrote:
>
>
> Adam Peake wrote:
>>>
>>> So, generic TLD are not really international, they are limited to US
>>> corporations?
>>
>>
>> No, it is the location of the registrar.  In Rojadirecta's case seems 
>> it was GoDaddy a U.S. company.  Rojadirecta should have transferred 
>> their name away from a US company as soon as they had trouble.
>>
>> Adam
>
> Are you sure? Similar seizures earlier were done from the registry 
> operator level who runs the generic tld, verisign in that case
>
> see quote from 
> http://domainincite.com/icann-had-no-role-in-seizing-torrent-domains/
>
>     Ben Butler, Go Daddy’s director of network abuse, has just
>     provided me with the following statement, via a spokesperson:
>
>         It appears the domain names were locked directly by VeriSign.
>         Go Daddy has not received any law enforcement inquiries or
>         court orders concerning the suspension of the domains in question.
>
>         Go Daddy has not been contacted by ICE or DHS on the domain
>         names in question.
>
>
> The point is ICANN, tld operators and many top registrars all are 
> subject to US jurisdiction and will HAVE to to what US Laws seeks of 
> them.... So the question of an international treaty raised by 
> Stephane. parminder
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
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