On 8 June 2011 16:30, Noah Sematimba <[email protected]> wrote:

> So this has nothing to do with all stakeholders having an equal say in the
> .ug ccTLD management. This is about government grabbing control forcefully
> of the ccTLD.
>


Agree but there doesn't seem to be much you can do about that.

A government, if it is really determined, can ignore ICANN's authority as
global coordinator and take over management of its domain.  A case in point
is the govt of South Africa which introduced legislation to reclaim control
over the .za name space from the incumbent ccTLD manager.  ICANN could only
just observe and accept the reality [1].

Besides the ICP-1 [2] document that was quoted here earlier states:-
"The desires of the government of a country with regard to delegation of a
ccTLD are taken very seriously. The IANA will make them a major
consideration in any TLD delegation/transfer discussions".


[1] Park, Y.J., 2009. National CCTLD Disputes: Between State Actors and
Non-State Actors, The. *Int’l J. Comm. L. & Pol'y*, 13, p.185. Available at
http://ijclp.net/files/ijclp_web-doc_10-13-2009.pdf [Accessed June 9, 2011].

[2] ICANN | ICP-1: Internet Domain Name System Structure and Delegation
(ccTLD Administration and Delegation). Available at:
http://www.icann.org/en/icp/icp-1.htm [Accessed June 9, 2011].



Happy heroes day!

--
Hari
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