[kictanet] Interesting case on Intermediary liabilities

[Paul Kimumwe]

This might be of interest to the ongoing discussions on intermediary liabilities.
Google loses Australia 'gangland' defamation lawsuit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20153309


-Paul

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From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+paul=article19.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Michael Bullut [main at kipsang.com]
Sent: 30 October 2012 20:55
To: Paul Kimumwe
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who Controls the Internet?


@ Kivuva & McTimm - I appreciate the correction... :-)

Sent on the run,
Please excuse errors & ommissions!

On Oct 22, 2012 8:48 PM, "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com<mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com>> wrote:


On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Michael Bullut <main at kipsang.com<mailto:main at kipsang.com>> wrote:

@McTim:

I beg to differ on your first point. Ten out of thirteen of the Internet's root servers reside within the United States.

yes, and several of these orgs are US gov bodies (NASA and the U.S. Army).  As Kivuva mentioned, Anycast let's root-ops run servers in multiple locations, including 2 at KIXP.



If there's a global issue & some countries differ with it on it's stand / viewpoint, what would the U.S. from blocking traffic to those countries' websites?

Well, first of all, the US gov CANNOT change the rootzone file.  They can give final approval to changes as per the existing agreement.

What they actually do is check to see that processes have been followed, they DO NOT edit the rootzone file itself, nor can they.

Second, what is in the rootzone DOES NOT determine traffic flows to individual websites.  The rootzone is a list of TLDs and associated name server addresses for those TLDs.

In other words, the US CANNOT block traffic to/from websites, you have been misled I am afraid.


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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel