Re: [ga] Registrants

[Andy Gardner <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Hugh Dierker wrote:

> You speak as though you have some right. Andy, you do not pay that  
> fee to ICANN. The registrars pay it.
> The fact they pay it and choose to is not your right to complain  
> about.
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?se=%2B&pageid=REG%5FSA

"You understand that ICANN requires Go Daddy to collect a small  
registration fee when You purchase Your domain name registration. You  
agree to pay such fees."
So what was that you were saying, Hugh?






> You can chose not to pay it.  You have no right to be a domain name  
> reseller or even user.
And therein lies the gist of the problem. The REGISTRANTS HAVE NO  
RIGHTS.

> However if you self organized and were not so cheap as to pay for  
> that organization then you would have the collective powers to  
> assert and develop a right.  I cannot find a single reference  
> anywhere that gives you a right to have a voice in the governance of  
> the Internet.
Well, this isn't the Internet, this is "names and numbers".