Re: [wg-c] Pre-sold TLDs

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

> Sorry, Chris, but ICANN never authorized you to make those registrations,
and
> is under no obligation to honor them.  If you can't or won't cancel them,
that
> just eliminates IOD from being eligible to apply for the TLD.

ICANN also didn't authorize me to use green on my page instead of
blue, but they cannot eliminate IOD from being eligible to apply for
the TLD as a result. ICANN also never authorized quite a few
policies at NSI (IANA did), but was powerless to stop them (hence
the protracted negotiations).

William, you are not ICANN, and you are not a lawyer. You can
jump up and down all you want and proclaim utopian rules for new
registries that fit your worldview, but unless ICANN has all of a
sudden started listening to you for policy, you're just tilting at
windmills.

If ICANN has anything to say on this matter, I'm keen to hear
it. Failing that, nothing has changed. Have a great day.

--
Christopher Ambler
chris@the.web