[governance] Re: In the wake of RegisterFly, is ICANN taking flight?

[yehudakatz at mailinator.com]

Bertrand,

Just to clairify, the statements were from an artical, and are not my words.


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/05/icann_registerfly_litigation


I think the Author [Burke Hansen] a US citizen, realizes that ICANN was
incorporated as " a nonprofit public benefit corporation ... " and 

His point is in regards to ICANN working under the status of an International
Organization (Body), and using that status as an indemnifying shield, from
legal culpability.


The comparison He made was with the International Red Cross and International
Olympic Committee (IOC)

re:
 
 "... Why would ICANN need Red Cross-style international legal protections when
it's not out saving refugees and inoculating babies like the Red Cross? The
international organization that ICANN does have something in common with is one
famous for its opaqueness and arrogant lack of accountability, the
International Olympic Committee (IOC). ICANN's not saving the world. Like it or
not, ICANN is engaged in commerce, not charity work, although it is a
California nonprofit corporation. The IOC, too, is engaged in commerce, which
is marketing the Olympics and extorting stadium facilities out of local
communities. It would be unfortunate if ICANN were to take advantage of the
RegisterFly mess as an excuse to lock itself away from public opinion the way
the IOC has. ..."


Being a US Non-Profit Organization, does not create an 'International Body', of
which sanctioning of its "International" status ironically could be done by the
U.N.
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