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RawAlex · 03-30-2007, 10:19 AM

Having stayed up late to watch the video stream live last night, I can tell you that I was pretty much amazed by the panel.

First and foremost, Susan Crawford is one major pain in the ass. I read her bio (http://www.icann.org/biog/crawford.htm ) and I guess I understand a little bit more, but wow, was her opinion both strong and heavily misdirected. For someone who is a laywer, she seems to really not grasp how ICANN could have very easily found itself in the middle of legal hell trying to regulate content online.

Some of the other members of the board had a much clearer grasp of the concepts here, including the idea that the proposal didn't meet up with the adult community as a whole, but rather with a small group of people trying to maneuver themselves into a controlling position.

What I find interesting is that none of the members of the ICANN board touched the issue of the abusive pricing structure that was proposed. Regular .com domains are $6.95 net cost. .XXX domains were going to be $70 each. I can't beleive that none of the members figured out that this would be a massive, massive money grab, where none is justified.

In the end, the board has not truly changed it's position on this issue for over a year now, and there is no way within the forseeable future that it will change, so that until the end of the current mandate for these board members, I don't think anything important will happen.

Now we need to find a list of supporters so those people can answer for their attempted brute force takeover of the industry.

03-30-2007, 10:19 AM
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Having stayed up late to watch the video stream live last night, I can tell you that I was pretty much amazed by the panel. First and foremost, Susan Crawford is one major pain in the ass. I read her bio (http://www.icann.org/biog/crawford.htm ) and I guess I understand a little bit more, but wow, was her opinion both strong and heavily misdirected. For someone who is a laywer, she seems to really not grasp how ICANN could have very easily found itself in the middle of legal hell trying to regulate content online. Some of the other members of the board had a much clearer grasp of the concepts here, including the idea that the proposal didn't meet up with the adult community as a whole, but rather with a small group of people trying to maneuver themselves into a controlling position. What I find interesting is that none of the members of the ICANN board touched the issue of the abusive pricing structure that was proposed. Regular .com domains are $6.95 net cost. .XXX domains were going to be $70 each. I can't beleive that none of the members figured out that this would be a massive, massive money grab, where none is justified. In the end, the board has not truly changed it's position on this issue for over a year now, and there is no way within the forseeable future that it will change, so that until the end of the current mandate for these board members, I don't think anything important will happen. Now we need to find a list of supporters so those people can answer for their attempted brute force takeover of the industry.