ICANN is *NOT* a regulator, a function that requires government granting
of powers. But it does, via contracts, perform regulatory-type functions
and controls.
Alan
At 13/07/2018 05:34 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Every ICANN president has
vigorously asserted that ICANN is not a regulator. This is not merely a
casual opinion, it is a demand imposed upon them by ICANN's lawyers. To
admit that ICANN is a regulator - - or even provides some regulatory
function - - is to invite even deeper state scrutiny and attempts to make
ICANN into a multilateral, treaty-based body than now exists.
In a submission to ICANN's Accountability and Transparency review team
more than a decade ago, a number of At-Large members submitted an
analysis that called on ICANN to recognize the obvious and embrace its
inner regulator:
https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-atrt2-02apr13/pdfNKvEtbrZ3u.pdf
Not much has changed. While a few references are dated, the paper's
observations and commentaries are as valid now as then.
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On Jul 13, 2018 5:13 PM, "Kan Kaili"
<kankaili@gmail.com>
wrote:
- Indeed Goran has said "ICANN is not a regulator" many
times. I have heard him saying that myself. However, this is
something I disagree with him.
- Again, in my personal opinion, as long as the positioning of ICANN
stays blurry as it is now, the confusion will only accumulate until it
creats a crisis.
- Kaili
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- > On 12-07-18 19:56, Kan Kaili wrote:
- >> In my opinion, ICANN should play the role of a
regulator.
- >
- > Our esteemed CEO, Göran Marby, has a number of phrases he
repeats
- > fairly often. "ICANN is not a regulator" is one of
them.
- >
- > Julf
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