Re: ISPs as stakeholders

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

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Dave Crocker / IMC wrote:

> >*	why should the .COM registry, nearly all of whose registrants 
> >	are in the USA, be transferred out of North America?
> 
> What an interesting view.  Pity no one thought to ask that when
> jurisdiction moved from California to Virginia.  Personally I do not think
> highly of Virginia law and consider the California courts to be far better.
> 
> Feel free to extrapolate the example.

In one case the decision would be to move the .com registry from the West
Coast to the East Coast, to a location much closer to the demographic
center of the US.  Within the United States there is a more or less 
uniform legal system; the cost and difficulty of using that system would
not change much for the average .com registrant; on average the change 
would likely be something of an improvement.  (In my experience the
US legal system is noticeably more rational on the East Coast than the
West Coast.)

In the other case the change is huge for the 97% or so US .com registrants.
Only the 0.1%, if that, of .com registrants who are in Switzerland might
be said to benefit.

> >*	if the .COM registry is to be moved to another jurisdiction, 
> >	is Switzerland a good choice?
> 
> The basis for choosing Switzerland has been repeatedly and at length.  If
> you have a serious and responsible argument against the choice, feel free
> to offer a serious and responsible proposal.  Absent either the serious
> criticism or the serious counter-proposal, people might be left with no
> choice but to think that you are engaging in wasteful carping.

Notice that Dave simply ignores the question and drops back into his 
usual personal attack mode.

Over the months and months of gTLD MOU debates, how many discussions have
gone just like this?   Reasonable question, personal attack.  Reasonable
observation, personal attack.  Reasonable question, ....

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