ICANN is not the International justice system, or then there is clearly mission creep...
Does the registrar follow the contract and ICANN rules?
Please read section 5.3.2 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, and then tell us whether I'm asking about mission creep, or about ICANN enforcing its own rules. It might also be useful to remember that ICANN is incorporated as a tax-exempt charity (something that will not change under the new agreement), which means it is supposed to work for the public benefit. What is the public benefit in enabling criminals to be registrars? R's, John
----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Sent: Sunday, 4 October, 2009 4:54:13 PM GMT +12:00 Fiji Subject: Re: [At-Large] Registrar behaviour
Similarly, in cases such as you mention, ICANN might have to use the harder-to-prove provisions in its contracts.
I read the question somewhat differently -- would ICANN have any interest in turning off registrars who are paying their bills? I'm aware of at least one registrar (Dynamic Dolphin) whose owner has a felony conviction for receiving stolen property, but ICANN appears not to care.