If NSI were to try to abrogate to Cooperative Agreement as suggested by Mr.
Cook, its resultant legal battle with the USG would leave them with few
remaining resources to use to fend off ICANN.
Christopher Ambler wrote:
> The root is an open issue, but I suspect that ICANN will have a very
> difficult time getting NSI to give up com/net/org, and should they just
> ignore NSI and start to run it themselves, I also suspect that the legal
> battle would dwarf anything even imagined to date. Quite honestly, I
> don't know where ICANN would get the money needed to fight such
> a battle.
>
> But then, I'm not a lawyer and am just guessing.
>
> --
> Christopher Ambler
> Personal Opinion Only, of course
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John B. Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: Esther Dyson Sells Out Internet Community
>
>
> >
> > A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
> > > At 03:48 PM 6/4/99 , you wrote:
> > > >enter into a new Cooperative Agreement with ICANN to run the root and
> > > >.com/.net/.org.
> > >
> > > Yeah, right. Dyson's going to run it off her
> > > little laptop. :-) I'm sure customers will
> > > flock to that one.
> > >
> >
> > No, ICANN would just contract it out to someone else a year or so
earlier
> > than planned.
> >
> >
>
