[NA-Discuss] FTC letter on new gTLDs

Avri Doria avri at ella.com
Mon Dec 19 19:36:39 UTC 2011


Hi,

Why is that a US FTC Commission must be listened to?  
Responded to, yes, but listened to, as in obey?  Why?

What authority does they have over the ICANN multistakeholder process?

avri


On 19 Dec 2011, at 12:19, Beau Brendler wrote:

> Just wanted to make sure everyone saw, and read, this letter on the new gTLD program sent by the FTC to ICANN on the 16th. It's a stinging letter and contains a number of elements that several of us have been saying for years. It also infers that ICANN is corrupted by contracted parties. For me -- I know you don't all share my views -- I feel somewhat vindicated that some entity that actually will have to be listened to, is finally saying these things:
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> http://www.ftc.gov/os/closings/publicltrs/111216letter-to-icann.pdf
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