Re: [soac-mapo] Possible ICANN liability

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a question that I don't think has been addressed before.

Some of the scenarios that are being discussed would allow possibly 
"objectionable" names to go into the root, and be blocked by various 
authorities if they felt it appropriate.
In cases such as these, would ICANN have any liability if the 
registry should ultimately fail and ICANN ends up being the de facto 
custodian of the TLD until it can be re-delegated or shut down. 
Specifically, ICANN operates in a jurisdiction the might allow some 
sort of lawsuit that the original operator, because of where they 
were situated, would not have been subject to.
Alan