On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 04:46:13AM +0000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 1999 21:37:56 -0700, Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >ICANN doesn't have a power to tax. It has the power to charge a
> >fee, just like NSI does.
>
> A fee implies a service they are providing. ICANN is not supplying
> any service to the domain name holders, but they are paying the fee.
ICANN provides a service to the domain name holders, the registrars,
and the registries -- it supports the infrastructure.
> The courts ruled the infrastructure "fee" was a tax. I see nothing to
> indicate this is any different than that.
The infrastructure fund went to the USG. It did not pay for
services -- in fact, it went in the bank. The ICANN fee in fact is
mandated to be on a cost recovery basis, to cover the expenses of
running the DNS infrastructure.
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Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
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