[governance] 3322.org seized by Microsoft from Chinese DNS service provider

[Norbert Bollow]

Hi Kerry,

your response sounds like you may have missed one of the main points
about the 3322.org takedown: 3322.org had a role similar to one of the
ways in which one of the new gTLDs might conceivably be used. I am not
talking about a hypothetical demand "to block or redirect one second
level domain or several third level domains at the root level", but I'm
asking about whether we have any assurance that ICANN won't be
subject to a US court order to take down an entire foreign-based
gTLD for reasons of non-compliance with US views on how "piracy"
should be combated.

Greetings,
Norbert

Kerry Brown <kerry at kdbsystems.com> wrote:

> To date this hasn't happened. For many reasons, both technical and
> political, I think it unlikely to happen. It's easy to change a
> second level record in a TLD name server or a third level record in a
> DNS host's name server. It's not so easy to block or redirect one
> second level domain or several third level domains at the root level.
> It would introduce more complexity at the root level.  It can
> certainly be done but I think it is unlikely it would be.
> 
> Kerry Brown
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Norbert Bollow [mailto:nb at bollow.ch]
> > Sent: September-24-12 9:29 AM
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> > Cc: Kerry Brown
> > Subject: Re: [governance] 3322.org seized by Microsoft from Chinese
> > DNS service provider
> > 
> > Kerry Brown <kerry at kdbsystems.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I think some successful gTLDs in jurisdictions other than the US
> > > may over time solve the problem. Consumers will have a choice of
> > > which jurisdiction they want their domain to fall under.
> > > They have that now with ccTLDs but more choice is always better.
> > 
> > Do we have any assurance that if a gTLD applies policies that are
> > not in line with US law, the same thing that has happened to
> > 3322.org won't happen to that gTLD? Isn't ICANN under US
> > jurisdiction as much as the .org registry is?
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> 


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