Re: [ga] RAA

[Karl Auerbach <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hugh Dierker wrote:
> I am convinced that this is going to be a very hot topic with very 
> little registrant/individual user representation in the formal ICANN 
> task forces and WGs.  too many view the RAA as a contract between the 
> parties with no Third Party Beneficiary Rights. I believe the opposite 
> is true; That the RAA is only a contract for the benefit of the 
> individual domain name holder.

The contract explicitly disclaims third party beneficiary rights/status.

That tends to be the determining factor.

ICANN could try to change it, but it may require the consent of the 
registrar/registry involved unless it can somehow become a "consensus policy" 
to which the registrar/registry has agreed to accept in advance.

Thank ICANN's staff and law firm for this one; it was never an explicit 
question before the board.

		--karl--