But under what law is linking i.e "contributory copyright infringement" illegal? Anyone got a copy of any of these court orders? j
The 'problem' is that a due legal process was indeed followed here, and the registries got a notice from the court. As long as an organization is subject to the US law, which includes the ICANN, and there is no exception vis a vis any specific application of the law because of a higher level international commitment, which itself needs to first be imported into the US law, merely making a representation to the US gov against such a practice has little real meaning. The same court order could go to ICANN and the root server operator and they have no option but to comply. Any challenge to such a court order needs to be based on some clear legal provision and not on the general sentiment of the global Internet community.
But, yes, writing to the US gov does highlight the problem involved and I think it should be done.
Parminder
-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------