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Re: [ga] $0.25 tax paid to ICANN



The only route I can think of is registrants who are US Citizens leaning on their elected representatives, to lean on Doc to lean on ICANN.


The rest of us are screwed. We might be able to get hats and warm fuzzies but that's all.


On Dec 6, 2006, at 6:50 AM, kidsearch wrote:

There has to be a legal issue in there somewhere. How about it Professor Froomkin? Any lawyers on the list? If all registrants pay this fee, then can't ICANN be forced to go with the elections they have promised for the last 10 years?


----- Original Message ----- From: "Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:52 AM
Subject: [ga] $0.25 tax paid to ICANN



Hi Jeff,

The bottom line is registrants are paying a $0.25 tax to ICANN through each
of their own registrars, which act as ICANN's tax collectors. If this is to
continue, registrants should be given the right to elect representatives to
the ICANN BoD based on the size of their domain holdings. Without such
representation, there cannot be a bottom-up consensus at ICANN.


Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx>; "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
"vinton g. cerf" <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>; "icann board address"
<icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Registerfly domain renewal issues



Chris and all,

  Yes, however ICANN does not directly collect this fee.

kidsearch wrote:

> Every domain registered has a fee included that does go to ICANN.
Therefore
> we do pay ICANN directly.
<snipped>





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