On at least one occasion US authorities forced ICANN to redirect queries to a particular website to a law enforcement one and no, it wasnt porn, it was some CD pirate site. Moving it from under US jurisidiction is a good idea. Given recent revelations it could hardly be considered reasonable to assume that the US supports internet freedom.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: Sunday, 23 March 2014 12:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Control over ICANN I understood ICANN was independent anyway. Al -----Original Message----- What does the decision by the Commerce Department agency to relinquish control over ICANN mean. Is this a good thing? [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

