[CPWG] Sale of .ORG REJECTED

[Jonathan Zuck]

Perhaps except the process is in the bylaws

Jonathan Zuck
Executive Director
Innovators Network Foundation
www.InnovatorsNetwork.org<http://www.InnovatorsNetwork.org>

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From: Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org>
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 1:26:18 AM
To: Dave Kissoondoyal <dave at kmpglobal.com>
Cc: Jonathan Zuck <JZuck at innovatorsnetwork.org>; CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CPWG] Sale of .ORG REJECTED

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