Re: [ICANN-EU] your position

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Jefsey,

Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> 
> Alf,
> I quote you in the IRC:
> 
> "Most of us know what a TLD manager is doing. Try to look
> at ICANN as a root manager with similar things to do as a
> TLD manager, just one level up".

In principle this is a way to look at it.

> 
> I think I will not betray you is saying this is a good summary
> of your "root-position", is n't it?

My statement was a description of one way to look at ICANN's
responsibility in this context.

> 
> I would just like to quote the ICANN by-laws:
> 
> " The Corporation shall not act as a Domain Name System
>    Registry or Registrar or Internet Protocol Address Registry
>    in competition with entities affected by the policies of the
>    Corporation."
> 
> " The Corporation shall not apply its standards, policies,
>    procedures or practices inequitably or single out any particular
>    party for disparate treatment unless justified by substantial
>    and reasonable cause, such as the promotion of effective
>    competition."

The full quote is:

"(b) The Corporation shall not act as a Domain Name System Registry or
Registrar or Internet Protocol Address Registry in competition with
entities affected by the policies of the Corporation. Nothing in this
Section 1(b) is intended to prevent the Corporation from taking whatever
steps are necessary to protect the operational stability of the Internet
in the event of financial failure of a Registry or Registrar or other
emergency.

(c) The Corporation shall not apply its standards, policies, procedures
or practices inequitably or single out any particular party for
disparate treatment unless justified by substantial and reasonable
cause, such as the promotion of effective competition."

> 
> What you propose is to have the ICANN acting as a registrar
> and a registry for TLDs as others do for SLDs. In so doing you
> want to apply disparate treatments ... to limitate competition.
> Any existing TLD is entitled to be part of the a-root provided
> it technically works.

I do not propose this. My statement was a description of one way to look
at ICANN's responsibility in this context.

> 
> Should ICANN do its job as per its mandate, there would not
> be alt.root since the alt.root TLDs would be part of the a-root
> (.gnu documented the cost: $10) as the a-root is part of the
> alt.root.
> 
> I just wanted you to note that your position calls for a revision
> of the ICANN by laws.

I will not propose a revision of the by laws for this reason.

> Jefsey

Best regards,
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