Re: [IFWP] Re: Membership & supermajorities

[Jay Fenello]

At 09:47 AM 7/15/99 , Diane Cabell wrote:
>How would the registrar's agreement have any impact on the name
>servers?


As I understand it . . .

If ICANN gets its way, every registrant 
receiving a domain name will have to agree
to the terms specified in the registrar's 
agreement.  

Within that registrar's agreement, the 
registrant must agree in advance to any
policies implemented by ICANN.

You must have a domain name to run a
name server.

Consequently, ICANN will have the power
to set the terms and conditions under
which a name server's domain name will
exist.

These "flow down" contracts are the 
essence of a strict REGULATORY regime
that will not only affect name servers,
but virtually every aspect of the entire,
world-wide Internet.

Pretty scary, if you ask me!


Respectfully,

Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.    404-943-0524
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