Re: ISPs as stakeholders

[Dave Crocker / IMC <dcrocker@imc.org>]

At 02:23 PM 12/9/97 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
>However, I am told, such court orders cannot be used against 
>Swiss non-profits and therefore could not be used against CORE.

could such a US court order be enforced on a UK corporation?  How about one
in Malaysia?  South Africa?

The essence of this issue is having the registry operator being located in
a different country than the court used by the plaintiff.

>Many countries, including the United Kingdom, have reciprocal 
>agreements with many or most foreign countries, so that foreign
>judgements can be executed in the UK and vice versa.  Switzerland

So, if a couple get divorced and the spouse who is supposed to pay alimony
flees to another country, the court order for payment will be enforceable
in the country to which the non-paying spouse fled?  

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