<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The ccTLDs have been adamantly opposed to ICANN having a copy of their databases. This was a major bone of contention in ICANN’s early days. When ICANN first started, Louis Touton was the IANA general manager — and several other roles as well — and he had made it a requirement for a ccTLD to send a copy of the zone before he would process change requests. In late 2002, when I was still fairly new as SSAC chair, Stuart Lynn asked me to mediate the dispute between IANA and the ccTLDs. It didn’t take long to realize that whatever positive value Louis had in mind was far outweighed by the concerns and resistance of the ccTLDs, and the practice was abandoned. Even so, the mistrust of ICANN that resulted from that practice still echoes today in some quarters. There is zero chance that ICANN would get involved in having copies of ccTLD databases much less attempting to run them.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Further, the idea that a court-ordered transfer of control could be carried out in a way that leaves the registrants unharmed sounds nice but I don’t know how to implement it. It seems to me to be wishful thinking, tied to a theoretical construct but unrelated to reality.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steve</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 4, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" class="">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think the arrangements you describe would be sufficient to protect the third party interests of registrants under a TLD. More could also be done to ensure that in any such delegation, the new owner doesn’t impair the property and service interests of SLD registrants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">What I don’t understand is the court’s feeling that ICANN’s interest in the stability and interoperability of the DNS would be impaired by a legally mandated redelegation. I think that argument is just plain false. A redelegation does not create a compatibility issue. I don’t think the court understands what ICANN does and was overly swayed by hysterical USG amicus brief that claimed that the whole “model of internet governance” would be destroyed by a pro-plaintiff decision.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">--MM<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Diego R. Canabarro [<a href="mailto:diegocanabarro@nic.br" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:diegocanabarro@nic.br</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, August 4, 2016 2:30 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">milton@gatech.edu</a>>; Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>>; David Post <<a href="mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">david.g.post@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Weinstein v. Iran<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Excellent post, Milton. Do you think the ruling would have been different in case ICANN had any sort of direct access to the database (e.g.: through a escrow service provider)? Put it differently: in case ICANN had access to a full replication of the ccTLD database and could keep things running smoothly, do you the ruling should be different?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Best<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Diego<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">--<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Diego R. Canabarro</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Equipe de Assessoria do<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cgi.br/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">CGI.br</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>/<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cgi.br/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">CGI.br</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Advisory Team <<a href="http://cgi.br/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://cgi.br/</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://nic.br/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); 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font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">Em qui 04 ago 2016, às 18:15:56, Mueller, Milton L escreveu:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> As some of you know we've been doing some serious research on this topic and<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> here is our take on the court decision:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2016/08/04/plaintiffs-cant-seize-ir-court" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.internetgovernance.org/2016/08/04/plaintiffs-cant-seize-ir-court</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> -rules/<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> [<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Phil<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Corwin Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 5:46 PM<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> To: David Post <<a href="mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">david.g.post@gmail.com</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Cc: 'CCWG-Accountability' <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Weinstein v. Iran<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Paul:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Greg Shatan raised the same quibble in a comment posted at the website, and<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> I replied as follows-<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Greg:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Thanks for the positive review of a hastily composed article. You are<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> correct that the court expressed an assumption that a ccTLD constituted an<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> attachable property interest, but did not decide that it was. While that<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> assumption might be cited in a future case involving TLD matters it<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> certainly has little to no weight. Further, courts might well decide that a<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> nation's interest in its ccTLD, which is independent of any contractual<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> relationship with ICANN, differentiates ccTLDs from gTLDs, which are<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> dependent on being awarded such a contract by ICANN and can be lost if the<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> registry operator commits a material breach of the registry agreement.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Finally, whether or not ccTLDs or gTLDs constitute some type of property<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> interest is a separate question from whether second level domains<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> constitute a form of property. So yes, it was a very interesting outcome<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> but in no way determinative on the TLD as property issue. Best, Philip<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> You are correct that the Court took no position one way or another on<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> whether a TLD constitutes property, and leaves that issue for another case<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> at a later date.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Very best, Philip<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Virtualaw LLC<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> 1155 F Street, NW<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Suite 1050<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Washington, DC 20004<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> 202-559-8597/Direct<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> 202-559-8750/Fax<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> 202-255-6172/Cell<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Twitter: @VlawDC<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> From: David Post [<a href="mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com</a>]<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 5:37 PM<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> To: Phil Corwin<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Cc: Paul Rosenzweig; 'CCWG-Accountability'<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Weinstein v. Iran<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> At 09:37 AM 8/3/2016, Phil Corwin wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Content-Language: en-US<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> boundary="_000_8E84A14FB84B8141B0E4713BAFF5B84E21188D2AExchangesierrac_"<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> FYI, yesterday I published a short article on the decision which can be<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> found at<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160802_court_of_appeals_avoids_doomsday_eff" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160802_court_of_appeals_avoids_doomsday_eff</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> ect_in_iran_cctld_decision/<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> One small-ish quibble: you write:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> "In reaching its decision, the Court opined (but did not decide) that a top<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> level domain constitutes an attachable property interest."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Not sure that's strictly correct. I think "opined" implies that the court<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> expressed an opinion about the matter (without actually deciding it). But<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> I don't think it did express an opinion one way or the other; it simply<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> said that it would "assume" that the ccTLDs constitute property, without<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> really considering the matter, because it would have no impact on the<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> outcome. I know it's a nit ... but the question of whether TLDs are<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> "property" is sure to come up again, and I don't think this opinion is any<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> support at all - even weak support - for the notion that they are. David<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> In it I state:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> In my view, this result avoids the possibility of a major erosion of<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> confidence and participation in ICANN by ccTLD operators by making clear<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> that a respected Court of Appeals in the U.S. possesses adequate technical<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> understanding of the DNS to avoid a legal decision that could lead to<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> technical and political instability many nations would not wish to<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> continue in a DNS coordinated by a U.S. non-profit corporation if it could<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> be ordered by a U.S. court to transfer control of any nation's ccTLD. This<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> decision will also hopefully tamp down calls by some parties for ICANN's<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> place of incorporation to be moved outside of the U.S. by demonstrating<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> that ICANN's jurisdiction does not create a threat to other nation's<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> ccTLDs. Remaining jurisdiction issues will be addressed in work stream 2 of<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> ICANN's ongoing accountability process.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Best regards to all<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> Philip S. 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Iran<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> For those following along in the effort to attach the .ir (and other)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> ccTLDs, the appellate court issued an opinion yesterday affirming the<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> decision of the court below rejecting the effort to attach the domain<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> (albeit on different grounds). Here is a link to the opinion:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/D35ACE5F0E9673C08525800" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/D35ACE5F0E9673C08525800</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">> 3005094AE/$file/14-7193.pdf<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" class="">><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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