You
couldn't make this up as a racket- a perfect one! - and remain
at large, pun intended. Just wish I was hip to it before now.
I have heard this accusation from ICANN critics for many years and
personally do not subscribe to describe it in such a way.
However, in recent times, including speaking to Global IGF and UK
IGF participants who were not involved in ICANN, it appears that
following President Macron's call for more regulation, many European
stakeholders are saying that if ICANN is unable to assume regulation
of Registry and Registrar contracts in order to protect consumers,
European countries should introduce local legislation to regulate
the industry. Sad as it may be, not many people trust ICANN to do
anything and more and more consumers consider regulation as a good
thing.
Kindest regards,