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[Roger Clarke]

At 10:25 +1100 17/3/08, Tom Worthington wrote:
>At 06:57 PM 12/03/2008, Kim Davies wrote:
>>... I would assume they would be required to follow their national 
>>law no matter
>>where ICANN would be based. ...
>
>The issue is which nation has laws most suitable for ICANN's 
>activities. I was suggesting Belgium or Switzerland ...

Unfortunately, Belgian police have draconian powers of arbitrary 
interference, at least with people in the street.  I suspect they may 
also have Finnish-style 'issue your own search warrant' powers.

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