Worth pointing out this note is proposing a tax basis for DNS not a cost recovery mechanism. Who gets this tax revenue? Who gets to set it? ICANN does not have the credentials. Worth also pointing out that the "Internet" and that I think includes the naming architectures used for it are or at least should be "for everyone". In other words the Internet is not primarily a business platform but a means of inter connection open to all. bzs@theworld.com wrote:
A major problem with nTLDs, including (and particularly) brand nTLDS, is ICANN should have charged, and should going forward, millions for them, not $185K+$25K/year.
And if any were deserving but not financially capable they could be handled on a case by case basis. It's not like it's difficult to give something away so let's not bog ourselves down in that.
I think $2.5M for a new gTLD and $5M for a brand TLD sounds pretty reasonable, and $100K/$250K/year, maybe more.
To quote a recent note here it's not much for a Fortune 500 company.
-- Christian de Larrinaga