[CCWG-ACCT] Another Twist to Law, Jurisdiction and Accountability

[Greg Shatan]

Paul, that is a new twist to "be careful what you wish for...."  :-)

Greg

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Paul Rosenzweig <
paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:

> My bad and poor writing.  I actually meant the exact opposite – i.e. that
> I think we all wish that ICANN continue to NOT have regulatory authority.
> Apologies to all for the lack of clarity.
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> Paul
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> *From:* Steve Crocker [mailto:steve at shinkuro.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:48 PM
> *To:* Paul Rosenzweig Esq
> *Cc:* Stephen D. Crocker; accountability-cross-community at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Another Twist to Law, Jurisdiction and
> Accountability
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> Paul,
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> Did you actually say, rephrasing for clarity, “We all will continue to
> wish for ICANN to have regulatory authority”?
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> If so, that’s a very strong statement, whose implication is probably not
> fully understood by everyone and, when understood, may not at all be what
> everyone wishes for.
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> Steve
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> On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Paul Rosenzweig <
> paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:
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> All
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> As you may know, ICANN recently created the new gTLD .sucks.   It appears
> that the new registry manager, Vox Populi, is charging a rather exorbitant
> fee of $2500/year for existing trademarks to purchase the relevant domain
> name in the pre-release Sunrise period.   Some have protested to ICANN
> about this.  ICANN’s response is interesting and may have relevance to our
> accountability discussion.  It seems (
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/04/09/the-group-that-created-sucks-now-wants-government-to-keep-it-from-spinning-out-of-control/)
> that ICANN has asked the regulatory authorities in the US and Canada to
> determine whether or not Vox Populi’s pricing is predatory under US and
> Canadian law (and thus illegal).
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> I am not at all clear whether ICANN has directed this request to those
> national authorities because it is where they are located or, more likely,
> because they are the law specified by the underlying contracts.  But it
> does suggest that, in the absence of regulatory authority for ICANN (which
> I assume we all will continue to wish for) national laws will continue to
> play a role.  I am not in the least bit sure how this plays into our
> discussions – but it certainly seems a relevant confounding factor we ought
> to be aware of
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> Paul
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