Re: "Internet Names *and* Addresses"

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jay@Iperdome.com wrote:

> At 11:58 PM 2/18/98 +0100, C C Magnus Gustavsson wrote:
> >On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 Jeff Williams wrote:
> >
> >> It is exempt from many legal libilities just becouse
> >> it is a Swiss Association.
> >
> >Such as?
> >
> >>   Our US legal syatem is certianly far from perfict.  This I certianly grant
> >> you Dave.  But there are few legal systems that offer as much protection for
> >> the avrage man as ours in the US.
> >
> >Ethnocentric indeed! I suppose you're an educated lawyer specialiced in
> >other countries' legal systems? No? Then please, shut up and leave those
> >matters to people who know what they're talking about.
> >
> >I sincerely doubt that the US system in any way offers more protection for
> >the average man than i e the Swedish, or for that matter, the Swiss. If
> >you have a specific legal problem with CORE being a Swiss association to
> >point at, then please do!
>
> I am not a lawyer, however, I understand that Swiss law
> does not have the same protections against anti-trust
> activities as the U.S.  Some have speculated that is
> one reason that Swiss law was selected.
>
> Would any lawyers like to comment?

  I did above.  Swiss law for organizations and companies that are part of
the Swiss Business Association, are not liable to any other company
or organization financially or otherwise unless they are a member of
the Swiss Business Association, and have a Swiss business license.

  So the obvious is readely apperant to the layman.

>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay Fenello
> President, Iperdome, Inc.
> 404-250-3242  http://www.iperdome.com

 Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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