[At-Large] [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Establishes Forum on Allocation Methods for Single-letter and Single-digit Domain Names

[John L]

> For the sake of argument, on what right would ICANN claim that money as its 
> own?

You beat me to it.  This wouldn't be the first auction of high value 
domains, and in the past the money's always gone to the registry or 
registrar.  I can't imagine Verisign agreeing to an ICANN auction of .com 
or .net domains.

The reality, of course, is that no matter what the nominal procedure is, 
there will be auctions.  The only question is who gets the money.

R's,
John