Wendy Seltzer ha scritto:
Pardon me, but if it's not a binding agreement, namely a contract, what's the point to anyone signing it? To create pretty ceremony?
Each of the parties to the agreement assumes obligations to the other. In addition, since those obligations are for the express benefit of individual Internet users, they're enforceable by those users. Otherwise, we're just creating more paper for thre landfills and more bureaucracy to prevent the individual's voice from being heard.
I must say that this concept of a private contract between A and B which can be used by a third party C for sueing A is something a bit out of my understanding, I think there's nothing like that in Italy... if it's a norm that affects the public then it has to be a law or public regulation, and if it is a private contract then it's only a matter between the signatories to the contract. We've always conceived the MoU as a technical agreement to regulate the representation of ALSes inside ICANN, but not as a commitment of ICANN towards the registrant community, which should come through other means. Anyway, you (the ALSes from NA) should draft the NA MoU in any way that suits your local legal culture. OTOH, in the absence of incorporation of the RALO, I think that the MoU would be a binding legal agreement for the ALSes who sign it, and for ICANN. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------