[CPWG] Sale of .ORG REJECTED

[Evan Leibovitch]

On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 04:04, Dave Kissoondoyal <dave at kmpglobal.com> wrote:

> Dear Jonathan,
>
> If ICANN would have approved the sale and because of empowered community
> pressure would review its decision, ICANN would be at huge risks of
> lawsuits
>

Hi Dave,

ICANN was probably going to get sued regardless of how it decided, that's
how this world works :-P

But now if it gets sued by Ethos and/or is the subject of IRP complaints,
ICANN has the backing of the California government which has asserted
definitively that it had the authority (and indeed the obligation) to
reject. That will be really hard to overcome in a legal process.

Hey Jonathan... maybe someone in the "empowered community" launches an
objection to the rejection and we'll get to see your pretty process in
action after all. It would be interesting to see who is openly prepared to
represent raw greed within ICANN, usually it's hidden.

I just can't see Ethos accepting the decision and sulking away quietly,
unless it really knows it'd just be throwing more money down the drain. We
can hope.

- Evan
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