[AfrICANN-discuss] Internet regulation at national level?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Adiel,

I am not reassured. Not that it matters much.

I don't know Mauritius' legislation, or whether South African legislation applies but I do know that if I was a Director or Officer, I would make sure I knew.

In detail, because I really would not want my dong dinged... In either country.


By the way it illustrates nicely that all and sundry can clamor about governance and regulation just because they can issue a subscribe command to a mailing list, whereas existing legislation may be blissfully ignored perhaps, even out of the most laudable intentions.

greetings, el
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Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse


On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:59, Ben Fuller <abutiben at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a naive position. What happens if Afrinic goes into receivership, has a court case, or some other legal matter against it? The database might then become a valuable asset that a court may decide needs to be alienated as part of a legal settlement. Before making such lofty promises about "mission and research purposes," it will be a good idea to take a hard look at the legal issues involved in the jurisdictions where operations take place. 
> 
> Ben  
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Adiel Akplogan <adiel at afrinic.net> wrote:
>> On 2012-11-02, at 12:22 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.na> wrote:
>> > RIR data privacy is also an enourmously interesting issue,
>> 
>> there is a related proposal AFPUB-2012-GEN-002-DRAFT-01 still under discussion
>> http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/702-regionalninternetnregistrynprivacy
>> 
>> > but I was more focused on the "ownership" aspect of the data base.
>> >
>> > I am not sure whether Adiel's summary statement of it being in the public domain, will stand up to challenge, because a non-profit might not be allowed to give (such) an asset away unless to other non profits.
>> 
>> Be reinsured El, AFRINIC is not going to **alienate** its Database unless
>> for activities inline with its mission or for research purposes. From where
>> the discussion comes from (the WHOIS cleanup policy) my previous comments
>> were more into the ability for members/community to freely and openly change
>> the content of the WHOIS.
>> 
>> See http://afrinic.net/en/library/membership-documents/207-bulk-whois-access-form-
>> for more information about Bulk WHOIS request.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> - a.
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