Re: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty

[Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org>]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:21:17 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>I personally find it odd that many of the same people who see a ccTLD as
>belonging to a state -- usually by some theory that it is an appurtenance
>of sovereignty -- can also argue that the *sovereign* state is misusing it
>if it leases it out or uses it for revenue.

Not at all - the point is different: since a ccTLD is to be managed by
its country, then the country may decide to do whatever it wants with
it. But it is the country that must do so, not ICANN/IANA on behalf of
the U.S. government.
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