[CCWG-ACCT] Other forms of Accountability?

Jonathan Zuck JZuck at actonline.org
Tue Mar 3 11:51:24 UTC 2015


I don't think there's any question about that. For sure, ICANN falls under multiple antitrust jurisdictions which, in addition to providing some accountability, is also a potential stress test, given the range of powers antitrust authorities have around the world.

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Can we add the issue of whether ICANN falls under antitrust legislation (such as the Sherman Act), and if so what the implications are, to the questions to the legal experts, please?

el

On 2015-03-03 07:35, Jeff Neuman wrote:
> I guess I am saying something different.  I am not talking about 
> holding the staff individually accountable, but rather holding the 
> organization accountable for the actions/inactions of its staff.
> This could be in the form of Service Level credits to customers, 
> independent community lead audits, monetary sanctions (paid to a 
> community fund) for failures, required remedial actions in cases of 
> security breaches which include mandatory disclosures (credit checks 
> if financial information is disclosed), Required outsourcing of 
> certain functions if iCANN itself cannot implement in a secure manner, 
> etc.  Each of the above are absolutely implementable.
> 
> As I said, if ICANN were not a monopoly, the market in theory could 
> handle some of this with customers walking away to competitors or 
> members leaving a non-profit to join others (or not paying dues).  
> Here, that is not an option.
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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