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The trouble with ICANN, right from the start, was that so many people bought into the "stakeholder" model which says people spending a lot of money should get more consideration for their views (because they are bigger 'stakeholders', or have a bigger 'stake').
Why more people were not angry at this crony corporatism from the start is one of the many mysteries of this whole saga.
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Perhaps Vint has not realized the import of his statement:
If ICANN is, in fact, some sort of industrial "multi-stakeholder" body then it is no longer appropriate for ICANN to remain incorporated as either a California "public benefit" corporation or receive a US Federal exemption under the terms of 501(c)(3).
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Vinton Cerf Shocked at the Registrar Scams
Vinton Cerf and Paul Twinkie recently waded into
the un-washed masses of Registrars, Resellers,
domain brokers, tasters, phishers, scammers,
collectors, lawyers, sharks, and sleeze-balls at
a recent trade show.
Vinton Cerf was clearly a fish out of water and
in shock. Cerf, is accustomed to BIG scams such as the
Worldcom scam where he and Bernie Ebbers picked
the U.S. Government's pocket for over $11 Billion
dollars. Cerf is clearly not cut out for the
sleezy day-to-day nickel and dime domain name scams which run
consumers in circles while Registrars laugh all
the way to the bank.
The Registrars of course hold up their "ICANN
Badge" and claim everything they
do is "legal". Pay no attention to ethics. ICANN
has never sanctioned a Registrar or Registy.
ICANN and Vinton Cerf just turn and look the
other way, and run back to their ivory towers.
The only solution is of course to provide new
technology that allows companues and consumers
to securely register and renew their domain names
in the global name space without having their
pockets picked by all of ICANN's representatives
who claim to provide stability and security.
The ICANN stability and security model is built
on the closed circle of Registrars that really
think they own the names and the Verisign central
hub that tolerates the scams. Consumers are on
the outside looking in and get the run-around
from the Registrars, for a fee.
Compare that to a true Internet-model system
where the consumers own the domain names and the
equipment that proves they own the names. There
is no need for Verisign, or Registrars. It is a
much more stable and secure solution. The Network
**IS** the Registry.
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