Re: ISPs as stakeholders

[Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net>]

I wrote:
> In other words the members, all
> businesses have set up a front
> organization which is tax free
> and limits their liability. It
> alos places them out of practical
> reach of lawsuits since we would
> be forced into Swiss courts to
> contest anything.

Mark Goodge replied:
:So? That's no different to the current situation where we would be 
:forced into the US courts to contest anything. The jurisdiction has
:to be somewhere - it doesn't really matter too much which country it
:is, so long as it's one that has a good legal framework for regulating 
:commerce. Switzerland has an excellent legal framework for regulating 
:commerce - that's one of the reasons why many multinational 
:organisations are based there.

 If there were a treaty on Internet 
 governance signed by most nations
 one could stroll down to the local
 constabulary to press charges or to
 our courts and sue within regional
 jurisdictions. And, since the vast
 majority of Internet addresses and
 users are located in North America
 that would *not* be freaking Switzerland
 but in Spokane, Baton Rouge, Hyannis
 Port, Red Deer, Wawa or wherever.

 By the way the Swiss can't seem to
 find billions of dollars deposited
 in good faith by tens of thousands
 of innocent families who fled the
 Halocaust. Which is to say Swiss law
 and order is as prone as any to abuse
 and corruption. So let's just cut all
 this cookoo clock impartiality Swiss
 efficiency nonsense. What CORE has
 done is thrown the whole issue of our
 global Domain Name Space and Internet
 governance from the American pan to
 the Euro fire. We lose either way.

 Al: Clock in or you're saying you've
 clocked out...

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

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 PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2                 info@wtv.net