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Dear Christian,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/07/2018 11:40, Christian de
Larrinaga wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Worth pointing out this note is proposing a tax basis for DNS not a cost
recovery mechanism. Who gets this tax revenue? Who gets to set it? ICANN
does not have the credentials.</pre>
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IMHO the "cost recovery basis" is a red herring for the simple
reason that it is impossible to calculate what a TLD will really
cost ICANN in the long run. Is it just the cost of processing the
application, or is it the cost of fixing problems related to that
TLD such as the need to have more ICANN compliance staff for more
TLDs with a higher than normal amount of misuse of domains under
that TLD?<br>
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The ICANN model is already a tax revenue model where ICANN taxes
every domain sold and Registries, Registrars and their agenda
collect that money on behalf of ICANN pretty much like VAT. <br>
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What about setting higher application fees for brand TLDs? I gather
that the place to discuss this is the subsequent procedures PDP, if
that has not already been discussed.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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