Re: [soac-mapo] On "universal resolvability" and useful questions that emerged yesterday

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 31 Aug 2010, at 21:27, Milton L Mueller wrote:

> And for those hypothetical organizations or entities that are _only_ targeted 
> by the U.S. (can you name one?), if they apply for a TLD string and for some 
> reason it is illegal for ICANN to give it one, outsourcing an advisory 
> decision will...not...make...any...difference - it will still be illegal for 
> ICANN to do. 

I was thinking more of tort and liability, not criminal law.  It is important 
to make a distinction.  And the high level advisory  may make a difference in a 
civil case. (speaking as someone who studied philosophy and not law)

As for the US standard of terrorists and supporters of terrorism vs a world 
wide standard:  while the US has its allies and is rarely completely alone in 
its judgements, it, like most states, has its own list of the 'Bad who cannot 
be countenanced'.  For example the US still has Cuba on that list. So perhaps, 
.vivacuba might be seen in the US as a incitement equivalent to "¡Viva la 
Patria! ¡Viva la Revolución! ¡Viva el Socialismo! ¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!"  
as opposed to the name of a cool kid's movie that won at Cannes.


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