Sept. 3, 2014
9:56 p.m.
On 3 September 2014 17:25, Antony Van Couvering <avc@namesatwork.com> wrote:
PICs were "voluntary."
Voluntary and unenforceable -- essentially useless. The PIC concept was a hasty and supremely stupid act of GAC appeasement, destined to please nobody and failing even as the PR stunt it was intended to be. Minds + Machines' PICs don't have that out clause, but Donuts' do. There is
no standardization. The PICs were not required, although it was strongly suggested that those who did not volunteer might be drafted, so to speak. Moving goal posts, as always with ICANN.
That's what happens when the public interest is bolted-on as an afterthought, not baked-in. This wound was self-inflicted. - Evan