,,My first instinct would be to note the diversity of ccTLDs, some of which have been business-modeled to directly compete with ICANN's generics. >> Dear Evan, Worse than regulation itself, is the danger of "asymmetric" regulation!!! you have put the finger of the wound of the GeoNames so far quite fruitless discussion. Is hard to keep the regulatory discussion focussed, if 45% of domain names work under different competitive and regulatory conditions......... Have a nice Sunday --- Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez carlosraul@gutierrez.se +506 8837 7176 Aparatado 1571-1000 COSTA RICA El 2018-07-14 05:44, Evan Leibovitch escribió:
On Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 10:52 PM Karl Auerbach, <karl@cavebear.com> wrote:
Yes, ICANN quacks like a regulatory body and walks like a regulatory body.
(Which I guess means that ICANN is a duck?)
My mind keeps going to vulture, but sure...
what provides ICANN with immunity from anti-trust laws?
My first instinct would be to note the diversity of ccTLDs, some of which have been business-modeled to directly compete with ICANN's generics.
To me it's always been one of the dirty little secrets of the domain world that .co has an entirely different governance / policy model compared to .com... yet neither the public nor most registrants even know a difference exists (let alone know what the differences are). Ditto .ly, .me, .nu, etc.
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