Re: [ga] The Network Solutions contribution to international terror

["William S. Lovell" <wsl@cerebalaw.com>]

All of which discussion below answers the complaint that this
issue is "off topic." One of the things that ICANN has to do is
obey the law, as does Verisign and on down the line, and if
there are any inklings that U. S. law is being violated, it is the
business of the GA to raise that issue.

If nothing else, the GA can at least seek to be the conscience
of  ICANN.

(And thank you, Leah: your comments are cogent and on point
as usual.)

Bill Lovell

L Gallegos wrote:

> On 3 Dec 2001, at 5:09, Marc Schneiders wrote:
>
> >
> > I do not think it is a good idea that the US is going to define what
> > sites are politically acceptable in the DNS.
> >
>
> I agree that the US should not define what *sites* are acceptible if they
> are within "free speech."  However, I also feel that US based registrars
> and hosting providers (not necessarily registries who are not themselves
> registrars) should have to follow the law and not do business with
> embargoed countries.
>
> OTOH, if a non US based registrar accepts a registration from a US
> embargoed country and a hosting provider outside of the US provides
> services to that country also, the US has no jurisdiction whatsoever.
>
> It is also true that anyone can register an *offensive* domain name and
> put up a site that none of us appreciates.  If that site is not breaking any
> laws, I don't see how the US can do much about it.  When it comes to
> terrorism such as what happened on Sept. 11, targeting civilians, or
> shopping malls or restaurants, etc., I would certainly advocate shutting
> down sites that aid the terrorists responsible.  How to accomplish that
> is something else.
>
> Leah
>
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The URLs for Best Practices:
DNSO Citation:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaindex.html
(Under "Other Information Documents"; "August 2001:
Proposal for Best Practices for the DNSO GA." This
page also includes much else about the DNSO.)
Part I:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BestPractices.html
Part II:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-flowchart.pdf
(Access to the .pdf file requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader,
available for free down load at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
Part III:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-PartIII.html


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