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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ed,<br>
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We might only touch on an issue of free speech in this matter.
From the commercial aspect, this is outside our charter. This
issue is a local governmental authority issue. Like drugs, it is
most controversial among differing cultures. This can only be a
can of worms to even discuss in this forum.<br>
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Respectfully,<br>
Lou<br>
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On 2/4/2013 3:02 AM, Edward Morris wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CALMg_ZTqQeA=OJ99BCtF9MuOHmqet8k+QATOEeOo35CbOcO3OA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">ICANN has multiple lawsuits in play involving the
adult entertainment industry. I think it would be fantastic to
have a civil society organisation representing sex workers to draw
upon if the issues involved in the lawsuits percolate down to our
level.
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<div>Ed<span></span><br>
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On Sunday, February 3, 2013, David Cake wrote:<br>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Industry
organisations for commercial operators are not within our
charter, but advocacy organisations are.<br>
Cheers<br>
David<br>
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On 04/02/2013, at 1:27 PM, Andrew A. Adams <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="javascript:;"
onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'aaa@meiji.ac.jp')">aaa@meiji.ac.jp</a>>
wrote:<br>
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> You wrote:<br>
>> I have friends who run sex worker activism NGOs
(including one that is<br>
>> sex worker run by charter). Next time I see them I'll
ask if they want<br>
>> to join NCUC. I think they'd be perfectly welcome
here, and would fit<br>
>> in, but I'm not sure how much of a policy priority
ICANN issues might<br>
>> be for them (but hey, .xxx, IFFOR, legal restrictions
on advertising<br>
>> in some jurisdictions, etc - maybe they do have
enough to justify<br>
>> their participation, I don't know).�<br>
><br>
> I'm not sure all of these fall within our charter.
Remember, there's a rider<br>
> preventing non-profit organisations that are just
representatives of<br>
> for-profits (e.g. Chambers of Commerce) from joining
NCSG.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Professor Andrew A Adams <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="javascript:;"
onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'aaa@meiji.ac.jp')">aaa@meiji.ac.jp</a><br>
> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,
and<br>
> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information
Ethics<br>
> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.a-cubed.info/"
target="_blank">http://www.a-cubed.info/</a><br>
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