The .i application and general policy statement sound
really great, especially the provision for free individual registrations. There are
many countries throughout the world where a yearly fee of even $10 is too much of
a financial burden for individuals.However, in case this application passes, Sarnoff
will be able to register names for nearly any purpose. Given that Sarnoff's published
plans include allowing the namespace to grow as needed (and without ever doing any
sort of delegation), Sarnoff could become THE one monopolistic registry instance
growing out of any form of control. Sarnoff, or whoever controls them, cannot be
allowed to become ICANN in place of ICANN.
One possible solution to this problem
is to also create a .j TLD :-) and give it to another registry. But competition between
businesses does not solve all problems, so I would prefer Sarnoff to take firm steps
in setting up a democratic decision process (such as, for example, agree with ICANN
to set up an independent, democratic driving commitee).
Sorry for my weird english
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