Re: ISPs as stakeholders

[Jim Dixon <jdd@matthew.uk1.vbc.net>]

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Marcel Schneider wrote:

> > However, I am told, such court orders cannot be used against 
> > Swiss non-profits and therefore could not be used against CORE.
> 
> > 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
> > is not nearly so cooperative with foreign courts.
> ...
> Jim, this discussion about whether Switzerland is a western country
> or still under construction or if we're aliens from outer space

This is the sort of totally unreasonable response that typifies this
discussion and feeds the distrust that pervades many Internet circles.
No attempt at all is made to deal with the factual issues.  Marcel's
response is emotional hyperbole; others picked up on this.  The facts
are ignored.

The question is not whether Switzerland is Good or Bad.  The question is
not even whether CORE should be in Geneva.  The question is whether a 
couple of million .com domain name holders, nearly all of them American,
should find their registry transferred to a remote legal venue, one 
where they effectively have no legal rights.

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