Re: [soac-mapo] charter and mission

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15 Jul 2010, at 14:38, Milton L Mueller wrote:

> 
> Andrei
> Your concept simply doesn't work in a global network. Given ANY government 
> (whose authority is confined to one national jurisdiction) the right to stop 
> ICANN (which controls the _global_ namespace) from adding a TLD is to 
> illegitimately and unlawfully extend that government's authority far beyond 
> its proper bonds. To put it more directly, the Russian govt may have the 
> power to censor the press and media in Russia, but it does not have any 
> legitimate right to censor my speech in Syracuse, or in Germany or in 
> Malaysia. 
> 
> The idea of a single-state unilateral veto is not only a terrible idea on 
> legal, moral and policy grounds, it was specifically rejected by the GAC. 

Agreed

Not all countries are going to share the same views .. 

If the Russian government want to run their country in their way and stop 
certain things for whatever reason, why should that have a (negative) impact on 
me in Ireland?



Mr Michele Neylon
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