FW: Public trust & IANA?

["Lockett, Nick" <nlockett@Sidley.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent:	01 October 1998 13:17
> To:	'govt-role@worldnames.net'
> Subject:	RE: Public trust & IANA?
> 
> > > If IANA has made secret rule changes without going through the same 
> process of rule-making consensus as 1591 did, then whoever makes these
> secret rule changes is working in breach of the public trust.
> 
> 
> If acting in breach of trust the actions are probably void, I wonder
> whether the public trust status may mean that the beneficiaries can
> enforce local law?
> 
> Does that breach also mean that IANA are open to a challenge that they are
> unfit under RFC 1591?? <grin>
> 
> Does that breach carry over with the obligations and liabilities
> transferred to IANA2??
> <deep in thought>
> 
> Regards
> Nick Lockett
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