[alac] ALAC position on ICANN/Verisign deal?

["John L" <johnl@xxxxxxxx>]

The ALAC really should prepare a position on this in the next week.

One concern about it is that it entrenches an above-market above-cost 
pricing structure in .com, a "sausage slicing" issue that doesn't affect 
any individual user too much but in aggregate extracts a great deal of 
money from us.

Another is that it further isolates ICANN from oversight, of which they 
need more, not less.

And if the issue is stability, it is clear from the recent statements of 
all the big registrars that ICANN will be buried in lawsuits if they try 
to go ahead with this.  The uncertainty if ICANN tries to go ahead is 
immense.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Mayor
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