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Originally Posted by kBizzle
We know this Mike.
I am just educating people a little more that's all.
People want to know how it got this bad- and I am sharing my experience and my knowledge of the matter that's all.
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Hey KB...check this out, this i thought was very interesting:
Jason Hendeles
> A Technology Company, Inc."
>
> In other words, the belief that an objective way forward on extending
> the namespace for the public good can be compromised by applying
> financial pressure on ICANN, which is heavily dependent on the
> Registrar community for revenue.
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> The allocation of the previous NewTLDs greatly favoured people like
> Ken Stubbs who were closely involved with ICANN, in favouring what
> could be called the 'insider' bid of the Registrars' Cartel who were
> granted .info ... in addition to this, when the public protested at
> the abuse of process and the profit-making that occurred during the
> moneyfest that was the launch of .info and .biz, ICANN refused to
> intervene and some registrars got away with daylight robbery.
>
> Jason Hendeles' own company was involved in the very short lists
> submitted by a few registrars to exploit registrar privilege by
> gaining advantage over the general public in the round-robin exercises
> through which desirable domains were released. Now he seems to be
> calling for ICANN to be pressurised into decisions on the basis of a
> financial hold he seems to think the Registrars have over ICANN.
>
> ICANN's selection of NewTLDs has attracted real concerns; ICANN's
> evaluation of the NewTLDs has appeared amateurish and unaccountable;
> ICANN's policy on further NewTLDs has seemed arbitrary; its
> restrictions on who can apply in the next round of gTLDs seems
> arbitrary and unreasonable.
>
> How can we rely on ICANN to make decisions in the interests of the
> broader public if it is dependent for money on registrars like Mr
> Hendeles who see that dependency as a negotiating weapon for putting
> private profit first. ICANN is supposed to be Not-For-Profit and its
> decisions must reflect that.
>
> Mr Hendeles : go and sell hot-dogs! Leave internet governance alone!
>
> And ICANN: no-one will trust you as long as you have this dependent
> symbiotic relationship with Registries and Registrars.
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> Yrs,
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> Richard H