Re: ISPs as stakeholders

[Robert Shaw <robert.shaw@itu.int>]

Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
> Would anyone on the POC care to dispute my assertion that Switzerland
> was chosen because it is subject neither to the laws of the United
> States nor those of the European Union?
> 

Sure, I'll dispute it. To my knowledge, the topic has never come up either
in the IAHC or POC.

> Would any knowledgeable lawyers care to comment upon the assertion
> that non-profit organizations in Switzerland are very difficult to sue?

Since I'm not a lawyer, I can't comment. 

> I don't think that Switzerland was chosen because of its role in
> the hi-tech Global Society.  I think that it was chosen for centuries-
> old reasons.

Yes, a long-term perception as a neutral and fairly apolitical (at least
internationally) place. That's one reason there are hundreds of 
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations based here.

Robert
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Robert Shaw (shaw@itu.int)
Advisor, Global Information Infrastructure
International Telecommunication Union (http://www.itu.int)
Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland