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IDNCowboy
3rd April 2007, 06:55 PM
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6172758.html?tag=nefd.top

ICANN may be hitting the road and moving to another country for immunity.

Rubber Duck
3rd April 2007, 06:59 PM
I would suspect that is pretty much inevitable.

blastfromthepast
3rd April 2007, 08:00 PM
Sounds good for those who want diplomatic status without the annoyance of working for a national government.

IDNCowboy
3rd April 2007, 08:53 PM
Sounds good for those who want diplomatic status without the annoyance of working for a national government.
well then icann will want to maximize profit and make idn.idn seperate from idn.ascii to "double" their revenue.

Rubber Duck
3rd April 2007, 09:00 PM
well then icann will want to maximize profit and make idn.idn seperate from idn.ascii to "double" their revenue.

That may be a simplistic analysis.

Confusion in dot com, is going to drive people towards ccTLDs where ICANN cut is precisely sod all!

domainguru
3rd April 2007, 09:38 PM
Nobody think that moving away from "US defence department control" is a good thing?

SciFi
3rd April 2007, 09:39 PM
Bon Voyage!;)

Drewbert
3rd April 2007, 11:48 PM
Just like Halliburton - running away from future litigation.

blastfromthepast
4th April 2007, 04:35 AM
A great idea.