On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 06:26:42AM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
laws whose jurisdiction is The Internet, save for those promulgated by RIPE, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC, IANA, and ICANN, and at present those laws say essentially nothing other than "Thou shalt not fail to pay, or defraud thy applicable RiR out of any fees reasonably owed, on penalty of forfeiture of any and all number resources registered." Yes, there
Yes. And long may it continue to be so.
are also numerous codifications of the clerical minutiae of seemingly innumerable processes and procedures by which number resources are allocated, deallocated, reallocated, reclaimed, and redistributed, but as we know, none of these say word one about the nature, character, or intent of the bits any member might or might not elect to send down the wire, once applicable fees have been paid and connections established,
Yes. And long may it continue to be so. My membership fees will *not ever* go towards establishing the RIPE NCC as the Internet Censor.
nor about any community sanctions that might be applied in the event of behavior which, while possibly obeying all applicable national laws, materially does damage to the relevant RiR community and/or other members thereof.o
Wrong. Attempts to establish the RIR as a censorship authority do damage to the RIR and its community. I do not think a RIR can survive any other way than by being a "disinterested party" that engages in registry duties, and none other. /ends Sascha Luck