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Username:	kristopher
Date/Time:	Sun, November 12, 2000 at 10:26 PM GMT
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Subject:	ICANN
Message:
ICANN is not a legal authority and does not have the legal control or power to stop any business from selling domains in TLDs, regardless of whether or not those TLDs have actually been authorized. Essentially, ICANN's sole recourse is to warn people that pre-registrations in new TLDs have not been authorized by ICANN. If they were to go out and specifically name the companies engaging in this business, they would open themselves up to legal action. So by ICANN NOT telling you that your registration is invalid, they are not saying that it is. They are (properly) staying within the confines of their authority and power. Furthermore, I'd be happy to sell you the Kepler crater on the moon for $35. I'll even print out a time-stamped receipt that says "The moon crater Kepler has been registered in your name. You are now the owner of this crater." I doubt any government will tell you that you don't own it, but it certainly won't mean that you do.

Message Thread:

• 20,000 of us need an answer — robuk, November 11 @ 10:59 AM (1/4)
• Not sure about this — fabrcop, November 11 @ 2:35 PM (1/3)
• Response To "Not Sure About This" ... ICANN Controls IOD's Financial Picture — pilot5, November 11 @ 3:38 PM (2/2)
• ICANN — kristopher, November 12 @ 10:26 PM (0/0)
• good point — doc again, November 11 @ 9:03 PM (0/0)

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