Re: [wg-review] [IDNO] OR [IDNH] addendum

[Eric Dierker <ERIC@HI-TEK.COM>]

Perhaps you can enlighten me, what is the benefit of being accredited by ICANN?
Or put another way, what is the downside of not being accredited by ICANN?
Sincerely

Michael Sondow wrote:

> Cindy Merry wrote:
> >
> > Michael:  I don't know if it's progressive, but it sounds like their
> > attempt to protect themselves from liability if they allow you to register
> > a SLD name that ICANN or ICANN policies decide isn't yours.  Maybe not
> > progressive but protective?
>
> "Protective" is certainly more like what they are doing with their
> one-sided contracts.
>
> However, all these contract provisions are derived from the
> Registrar Accreditation Agreement that was signed a year ago between
> the DoC, ICANN, and NSI, and which every accredited registrar is
> forced to sign.
>
> These "contacts of adhesion" are a central reason why ICANN has
> created an antitrust situation. By obliging all registrars to not
> only agree to the same terms with regard to ICANN and NSI, but to
> agree to compel registrants to sign equivalent terms, they are
> defeating a free market and competition. The result of ICANN's
> coercion is that all registrars have similar or identical terms of
> registration.
>
> M.S.
> ICIIU
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