Why an alt-root/ICANN agreement wouldn't happen.

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Username: Slicer

Date/Time: Sun, June 3, 2001 at 9:01 AM GMT

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Subject: Why an alt-root/ICANN agreement wouldn't happen.

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"In this case ICANN should sign a contract with that alternate root
service provider, similar to the one Verisign just signed. This means
that the existing database would be taken over and NOT duplicated or
even deleted."
That would have been a possibility, but wasn't going to happen for at least two solid reasons:
1. The alt-root .biz is populated by people wishing to take over/parody trademarks. NeuLevel, in its report, gave an enormous laundry list of these. If you think the alt-root crowd can yell, you have no idea how loud an angry large-corporation lawyer squad sounds. To deal with all the squatted .biz's would have taken an incredible amount of meatgrinding.
2. It would have set a precedent. As I've said on other threads, once ONE idiot can introduce a TLD into ICANN, EVERYONE will try to. "No, WE have the TLD!" "We had it first!" "We've been serving customers with that TLD for years!!" ICANN is a small organization. How many claims do you think it can deal with? And how many people would start a cottage industry of making TLDs and getting ICANN to let them control them for the wider world? Sort of like new.net's game, only worse.
Add to that the fact that the alt-roots were never all that friendly towards ICANN in the first place and you have why ICANN has basically said that it's simply not responsible for what happens to them.
You, like some other posters, assume that ICANN is directly in charge of a database of name owners (which follows from saying that it can take it over). This is not true. ICANN appoints other, larger organizations (currently VeriSign for .com, .net, and .org) to do that work for it. Even if ICANN adopted the alt-root's .biz, it would have to find someone with global-scale connectivity (e.g. serious money/resources) to implement it.
By the way, 'David Bohecker' was an alias I entered- my favorite one- because I didn't think I could just leave the field blank.

Message Thread:

Alternative Roots and the Virtual Inclusive Root by S. Higgs — Alternative Roots, June 2, 2001 @ 11:56 PM (4/22)

If ICANN accredits alt. root servers, all current alt. root TLD holders will become RICH instantly! — InternetAdvocate, June 4, 2001 @ 10:47 PM (0/0)
"Alternate Roots" poster=Slicer_=_Slicer (unfunny mocker of Slicer) — InternetAdvocate, June 4, 2001 @ 10:29 PM (0/0)
Here, here. — Elvis, June 3, 2001 @ 5:47 PM (0/0)
The same old faulty logic — Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 12:55 AM (2/18)

Your statement is not quite correct, David — friedrich, June 3, 2001 @ 7:17 AM (1/13)

Why an alt-root/ICANN agreement wouldn't happen. — Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 9:01 AM (2/12)

Nonsense — afterhours, June 7, 2001 @ 12:37 AM (0/0)
I suspect that ICANN simply doesn't want it to happen. — friedrich, June 3, 2001 @ 1:03 PM (2/10)

And they'll want it even less after they think about it. — Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 7:44 PM (2/8)

You should really research before you speak — jandl, June 8, 2001 @ 5:56 AM (1/3)

I simply can't understand why ICANN didn't make a contract with PacificRoot to have them run dot biz — friedrich, June 8, 2001 @ 7:48 AM (2/2)

Why would we want to be controlled by ICANN? — jandl, June 15, 2001 @ 6:30 AM (0/0)
Atlantic Root is alt root .biz registry? — InternetAdvocate, June 14, 2001 @ 11:24 PM (0/0)

Your opinion is mainstream, but totally wrong. — friedrich, June 3, 2001 @ 9:22 PM (2/3)

Well said sir. — Elvis, June 4, 2001 @ 12:04 AM (0/0)
What kind of bullshit..? — Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 10:49 PM (1/1)

Your lack of answers speaks for itself ... — friedrich, June 3, 2001 @ 11:10 PM (0/0)

First let me state that I consider it a lack of character to enter an alias to hide behind. Good! — _Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 5:08 PM (0/0)

Take it from me, Slicer, the same old faulty turd. Ooops. Just a little gas. Don't worry. — _Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 7:09 AM (1/3)

please ... — friedrich, June 3, 2001 @ 7:20 AM (1/2)

Yes, Friedrich. Slicer, David, whatever he is, posts very helpful comments. — _Slicer, June 3, 2001 @ 7:35 AM (1/1)

Slicer stop flooding — Elvis, June 3, 2001 @ 8:03 PM (0/0)

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