Michele, Thanks for the explanation, but it is not an answer to my question. I am not arguing at all about who is right and who is wrong, and/or who consider what is his/her right. I am only asking what is the difference, legally, in allowing a different regime to a ccTLD, and allowing a different regime to a registrar located in the country of the same ccTLD. The question is: "What is the legal jurisdiction in either case, and if it is different, why?". Cheers, Roberto
-----Original Message----- From: Michele Neylon :: Blacknight [mailto:michele@blacknight.ie] Sent: 18 September 2007 01:34 To: Roberto Gaetano Cc: 'Danny Younger'; 'Vittorio Bertola'; 'John L'; RAA-WG@atlarge-lists.icann.org; alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [At-Large] [RAA-WG] Fourth possibly final draft of RAA comments
Roberto Gaetano wrote:
Just a question. Am I the only one to whom it sounds weird that you can register in privacy-friendly mode in a ccTLD, but not with a Registrar in the same country? To the best of my knowledge, a ccTLD is allowed to do that because it is recognized that it is subject to the jurisdiction of its own country. However, the registrar does also, in exactly the same way. Elaborating further, what would be the situation of a gTLD registry located in a country protecting privacy, and its registrars located in countries who don't?
Just food for thought.
Cheers, Roberto
Roberto
We've had this question posed to us more than once. Some people consider it their inalienable right to be able to not display certain information in WHOIS and have accused us of breaking the law since the ICANN registrar we use follows the norm.
Of course the counter-argument is that they could register a .eu, but the economic reality is that .com is considered to be the "be all and end all"
Regards
Michele
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