That's strange. When I raised anti-trust questions to Joe Sims a while
ago (in the context of whether ICANN's suggestions that the registries
should voluntarily club together and have identical dispute policies) he
assured me the issues were clear-cut and there were no problems. (Alas,
for some reason, I was unable to follow his somewhat abbreviated
explanation as to why this was.) [That's irony, folks.]
Kent Crispin wrote:
>
[...]
>
> I really don't know, Marty -- I was just pointing out what might be
> some complicating factors. I am pretty sure that at least part of the
> IANA work was pro bono. Someone did mention to me in private
> email, though, that having a certain amount of money on hand is
> required before one can hire in-house counsel :-)
>
> I also believe, and I have some evidence from personal conversations
> and the like, that ICANN's legal situation is a great deal more
> complicated than appears on the surface (and the surface is
> complicated enough). I have mentioned several times in the past, for
> example, that ICANN really must be very aware of where it sits vis a
> vis anti trust, not only in the US, but worldwide. Research into
> such topics doesn't come cheap.
[...]
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