On 9 Mar 2011, at 18:27, Frank Gadegast wrote:
Florian Weimer wrote:
* Frank Gadegast:
Do you think anybody can tell DENIC how to deal with .de domainnames or decide about the whois or technical procedures and protocols, if they are not a member ?
German citizens surely can, indirectly, through the branches of representative government.
Sorry, they cant.
DENIC is a "e.g.", an "eingetragene Gemeinschaft", a "registered association".
The only thing German citizens could decide is wich party they like on the next German Government vote.
Those parties could then decide to make a law, that the DENIC e.g. is not responsible for the .de TLD anymore.
But the German citizens could not at all through whatever government could tell DENIC what to do.
That's not really true either DENIC is subject to German law. If German law forbade X then DENIC would not be able to do X Having said that, the German government does not currently have direct control over DENIC. It can, of course, influence it indirectly This is pretty much the same with all ccTLDs :) Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection ICANN Accredited Registrar http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.mobi/ http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Fax. +353 (0) 1 4811 763 ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845