OT: ICANN ordered by Illinois court to suspend spamhaus.org

[Ken A]

Ed Bruce wrote:
> Ken A wrote:
>> Note this is not a signed order, just a 'proposed' order prepared BY
>> the spammer's lawyer for the judge to sign, which probably won't
>> happen. This is just FUD that spammers like to get the media to
>> spread. spamhaus.org isn't going anywhere. Some district court judge
>> in some farm field in Illinois can't order ICANN or Tucows (in Canada)
>> to do anything.

> The standard disclaimer about not being a lawyer, but this is a proposed
> order to be issued from a US District Court. I'm fairly sure this court
> can order ICANN to comply. Also Tucows is publically traded on the
> American Stock Exchange (AMEX:TCX), so I'm guessing a federal court has
> some clout. Further they have offices in Starkville, Mississippi. So I'm
> guessing somebody better act to get this resolved more in our favor then
> the Spammer's.

So, why did the US govt retain control of ICANN again?

... in other O.T. news, google just bought 1.65 billion worth of legal 
troubles. ..Now back to your regularly scheduled programming (in perl).

Ken A
Pacific.Net