[governance] ICANN taxes/fees

[Phil Regnauld]

veni markovski (veni) writes:
>
> And here's another question: if running registries is easy, and 
> people get "local" domains, what happens when the registry goes out 
> of business, or the person who is running it decides to move in 
> another city, or country, or stops working on computers? What will 
> the users do with all the e-mails they are getting at their "local" domain.

	You get what you pay for.  At 0 EUR (that is the same value in most
	currencies, FYI) for a domain in EU.org, you'd be hard pressed to
	complain about perennity.  Still, there are at bit more than 14000
	delegations in the EU.org zone.

	Businesses and organizations who want accountability and
	"garantees" (quotes needed here) can indeed buy .COM, .ORG or the
	appropriate ccTLD.  But just because it's not run as a large
	corporation doesn't mean it's unreliable.  Very efficient utility
	services can be run on a cost-recovery basis.  Actually, most ccTLDs
	operate that way, and a few of them still turn more of a profit than
	they'd like to admit.
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