[governance] IPW - ICANN CEO Wants To Shift “Centre Of Gravity” Away From US

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Beautifully put Nobert "a global governance institution is subject to the
laws and court system of a country that is a military and economic
superpower".

I imagine it would really affect if ICANN were _REALLY_ de-centralized -
with each branch being an authority unto itself, and THEN if they were
subject to regional law in a more restrictive region.

So it's a _good_ ICANN's core is in the US of A - given the long-standing
freedom they've enjoyed (which is really only being noticed now) - leeway
in other countries may run out fast when a local (person/org) does use the
legal process. Many instances of Google/FB/etc being asked to take down
content specially in India. If the authorities realize they can strong-arm
ICANN into exterminating those source domains they'll do it! Not a pretty
picture. Hopefully that day will never come.

-C


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Side effects: Ok so some of this is conjecture; but not all.
> > Basically the leeway a country gives organizations based in it (as
> > opposed to one based out of another country) is often limited by
> > their perception of it.
>
> Yes, how much "leeway" there really is gets tested only rarely, namely
> when someone takes an issue to court. (Karl Auerbach's ICANN lawsuit is
> one of the rare examples; it's an example which shows that ICANN being
> subject to California law isn't all bad news, even from the perspective
> of someone like me who is rather critical of any situation where a
> global governance institution is subject to the laws and court system
> of a country that is a military and economic superpower.)
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
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