Thanks for the additional details. It makes the case - what is possible when the USG negotiates with a commercial entity, albeit American. Sure, the report lacks the drama of crude demonstrations of asymmetrical power. And yes, we understand it better than you would know. FWIW...and for those of you who might not yet be up to speed on references to the United States Government elsewhere, Uncle Sam is a colloquial for the United States Government. CAS ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:34 AM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
..but had to swallow a price freeze on domain names except under 'special circumstances'. What's a body to do when your Uncle Sam slaps you upside the head!
Interesting! Would you take this as an undue 'governmental interference'.... parminder
The latest .COM renewal is the 32nd modification to a contract with the US government that originally dates from the early 1990s, and predates ICANN's existence by many years. The versions of the contract are all published on the US Department of Commerce web site. This is not the first time the pricing rules have changed, nor the first time the prices have decreased.
As we say in the US, that horse left the barn a long time ago. I'm kind of surprised that people who are intrested in Internet governance wouldn't be familiar with the contracts that control the largest TLD.
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