[Chapter-delegates] [Internet Policy] Why is ISOC's PIR promoting a private global copyright censorship court for domains?

[John Levine]

In article <BC6BAC25-2C13-4292-B4E7-CBF6FA267FCB at cable.comcast.com> you write:
>The alternative appears to be country-by-country mandated domain name blocking (happening increasingly in Europe), which
>many MSH organizations have in the past said risks balkanizing the Internet. 

That's going to happen anyway unless you expect the whole world to
harmonize all of their laws about online materials.

Determining what is a copyright violation versus what the copyright
holder merely wishes were a violation is subtle and country specific.
There are no bright lines about what constitutes fair use or fair
dealing, and courts regularly struggle with this.  I have grave doubts
about the wisdom of registries sticking their feet into this swamp.

R's,
John