[AfrICANN-discuss] US screening new gTLD applicants against US laws

[Alex Gakuru]

Vika, for you a quote from one of Lawrence Lessig's presentations
('Innovation Corruption'):

"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out – because
I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did
not speak out – because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the
trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade
unionist;Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me -and there was no one
left to speak out for me.”

kind regards,

Alex

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Vika Mpisane <vika at zadna.org.za> wrote:
> Dear AfrICANN’s
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> Please read Khaled Fattal’s honourable submission at
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/pdfIIMoPfVdQj.pdf and see what an
> important and disturbing development the “final” new gTLD Draft Applicant
> Guidebook gives us. I must admit that while I was bogged down to the ccNSO
> and its council’s business in Cartagena, this important matter escaped my
> attention.
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> What is Africa’s response to the DAG full granting the US government a right
> to screen new gTLD applicants against the US (probably more supreme) laws? I
> really think we can expect non-US people starting to push for alternative
> DNS root seeing the current DNS is US’ and US’ alone! So if you’re not a US
> applicant and are from a country the US government considers to be
> terrorist, then forget about getting your new gTLD! This is what this
> exactly mean,
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> While I’ve been usually reserved regarding the ITU advances towards the DNS,
> if ICANN continues to be a US govt entity as it is doing right now (even
> when ICANN is supposed to move away from this reality through the
> Affirmation), then who can blame the ITU or even other “Internet rebels” (or
> should we not call them “Internet freedom fighters”) who have come up with
> alternative DNSes!
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> I hope subscribers to this list will make their governments aware of this
> important matter (I believe some already have done so) and that our
> governments and the AU will not disappoint in withstanding the US monopoly
> of the currently dominant DNS. It must be fair to expect African governments
> to express their position even before the ICANN board meets GAC in February
> 2011.
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> And I hope we won’t hear another view that ICANN needs to first build our
> capacity before we can respond to this straight-forward nonsense from the
> ICANN DAG.
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> Regards,
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> Vika Mpisane
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> ZADNA
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> +27 11 275 0082
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