[kictanet] Breaking: US Court GRANTS DotConnectAfrica Trust a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD

Thu Apr 21 09:34:26 EAT 2016

Ali has called a spade a spade.

This campaign by DotConnectAfrica is ill-mannered and in bad taste.
Nevertheless, I don't want to be in their shoes when all the legals bills
fall at their feet once this is over. Hopefully they (she) will have learnt
a lesson.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Auguste, divorce people from the process. That way, your judgment will not
> be biased.
>
> Ali's point is very clear, and that has been observed the world over. The
> Cross Community Working group on ICANN Accountability (CCWG) to which many
> Kenyans were members has debated that issue for months. Actually, the whole
> idea of the IANA function transition from oversight of the US NTIA was to
> show commitment that the US is ready to let go control of the Internet.
>
> Ali, even after the IANA transition, the US will still have much control
> of the process because ICANN is a California based organisation, registered
> and answerable to Californian company law.
>
> .eu is sponsored by European Commission and operated by EURid, which is a
> consortium of several ccTLDs in UE. EURid was appointed by the European
> Commission to run the string.
>
> On the other hand, DotAsia is a consortium of official top-level domain
> authorities around Asian (e.g. “.cn” in China, “.jp” in Japan, “.in” in
> India, “.sg” in Singapore”, etc.) and regional Internet organizations (e.g.
> APNIC, APTLD, APIA, etc.).
>
> As you can see, there is no one size fits all approach for geoTLDs.
>
> PS: My thoughts alone, they don't represent any organisation I am
> affiliated with.
>
>
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>
>
>
> On 14 April 2016 at 10:20, Auguste K. Yankey via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> The owner of DotConnectAfrica, she is an US citizen, that is the real
>> reason why.
>>
>>
>>
>> Allow me to quote you: “.Africa belongs to the people of Africa, in this
>> case mandated by the AU ” !!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Good day
>>
>> YANKEY
>>
>>
>>
>> Auguste K. Yankey
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>> Union Commission
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>> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+yankeyka=
>> africa-union.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein via
>> kictanet
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 13 April, 2016 8:56 PM
>> *To:* Auguste K. Yankey
>> *Cc:* Ali Hussein; Gideon
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Breaking: US Court GRANTS DotConnectAfrica
>> Trust a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD
>>
>>
>>
>> This is really nonsense and one of the reasons why the American mandate
>> on ICANN needs to end ASAP.
>>
>>
>>
>> Did anyone other than one supported by the countries in the EU own and
>> manage .eu or how about .Asia?
>>
>>
>>
>> Why is it that American courts are running roughshod on this issue?
>>
>>
>>
>> .Africa belongs to the people of Africa, in this case mandated by the AU.
>> Am I the only who sees this???
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *Principal*
>>
>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>> On 13 Apr 2016, at 7:33 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> back at the University of Nairobi, we spent many days debating on ouster
>> of court clauses, where a process such as ICANN new gTLD program intends to
>> take away jurisdiction of the courts.
>>
>> This will be an interesting one to watch.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2016-04-13 18:47 GMT+03:00 Gideon via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>>
>> Mauritius - April 13, 2016 - PRLog <https://www.prlog.org> -- A UNITED
>> STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION
>> ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the
>> decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) (
>> http://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/75-Order-Granting-Preliminary-Injunction-DCA-Trust-April1216.pdf)
>> [PDF], DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>> and Numbers & ZA Central Registry.
>>
>>
>>
>> Link:
>> https://www.prlog.org/12549573-us-court-grants-dca-trusts-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-on-africa-gtld.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gideon Rop
>>
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