[Foundation-l] Latest board resolutions
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Tue Aug 1 09:02:29 UTC 2006
Michael R. Irwin wrote:
>Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
>
>
>>They are a non-profit corp, which gives them all the rights of any
>>citizen (since a corporation is a citizen).
>>
>>
>Right. Which means in case of judicial error the corporation is likely
>to be ordered to liquidate all assets if necessary to partially fullfull
>any penalties assessed by the court.
>
>Ever hear of anyone bankrupted by an auto accident?
>
A corporation is a person, not a citizen. Judicial error refers to an
error in a judges ruling; I don't see what that has to do with anythin.
An order to liquidate assets cannot be applied extraterritorially
against owners who live in another country.
>>They are not going away (unless they want to), getting smashed, or being
>>litigated into oblivion. If things really get
>>that bad, they can co-locate their hosting on Indian Land somewhere
>>under "Native American Language Preservation"
>>and then they truly will have immunity from most causes of action if the
>>program is run by one of the tribes with an English version
>>of the site as an adjunct "add on" non-primary site.
>>
>>
>So are there Sovereign Indian Lands somewhere which directly border
>Canada or Mexico such that a data fiber link could be established
>between the international internet and the servers without crossing U.S.
>jurisdiction?
>
The St. Regis Mohawk reserve straddles the Ontario-New York border. The
government gets upset about their cigarette smuggling.
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