<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Interesting how major trademark holders use (coopt?) the same sort of language as CS re: the AoC. I guess capture is in the eye of the beholder...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cadna.org/en/newsroom/press-releases/iccan-affirmation-of-commitments-falls-short">http://www.cadna.org/en/newsroom/press-releases/iccan-affirmation-of-commitments-falls-short</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Verdana; ">“The Affirmation of Commitments document missed the mark by failing to create accountability for ICANN,” said Josh Bourne, President of CADNA. “The points addressed and the intent expressed in the new agreement touch on the many issues that are important for a stable and transparent Internet—however, without proper oversight and accountability, ICANN is not beholden to follow through on any of the promises made in the AOC.”...Furthermore, while the AOC calls for periodic internal reviews, only an independent review can provide an honest and objective assessment of the operations of an organization....“ICANN is still broken and as a regulator that has been captured from within, it cannot properly self-correct,” said Bourne. “Independent, outside pressure and accountability are needed to reform ICANN.”</div></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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