Fwd: [governance] Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign Registrar on behalf of US Authorities

[Nicolas Adam]

There is also this article
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120301/02042717920/why-isnt-icann-speaking-out-against-icedoj-domain-seizures.shtml>
[tech dirt] that is very interesting, that goes along the one that you
referenced below
<http://blog2.easydns.org/2012/02/29/verisign-seizes-com-domain-registered-via-foreign-registrar-on-behalf-of-us-authorities/>
[blog easyDNS] (and that is well worth highlighting a second time for
this crowd).

This goes straight to the heart of ICANN's legitimacy. It goes to who
they cater to, who they don't oppose, to the limit of its autonomy, what
perception of itself it conveys through its actions and inactions, etc.

I don't pretend to have a ready diplomatic/political fix that ICANN can
just roll-out as a guide going forward. But it seems to me that its
political choices, prudent and wise as they may seem to the ones in
charge (or the ones preparing Dan's one-pagers), are unfortunately the
hallmark of a lack of identity and the signs of a sure downfall.

No new type of political body like ICANN can survive without making its
bed. Somehow, somewhere. How it manages itself now, marvelously
noncommittally,  only serves at alienating stakeholders that could
otherwise turn out to support it. And it never gets anything to show for
it from the ones that it punctually accommodate.

I see this as a very important Board-level long term issue, that needs
strong leadership and attention. The users (writ large) will not
tolerate ICANN if it cannot provide consistency and predictability, that
is, an identity.

Nicolas

On 3/1/2012 8:17 AM, Adam Peake wrote:
> Is this new, or just more of what ICE has been doing before.  I don't
> remember if Verisign's been used in this way before.  Clip from the
> blog post (link below)
>
> "We all know that with some US-based Registrars (*cough* Godaddy
> *cough*), all it takes is a badge out of a box of crackerjacks and you
> have the authority to fax in a takedown request which has a good shot
> at being honoured. We also know that some non-US registrars, it takes
> a lot more "due process-iness" to get a domain taken down.
>
> But now, none of that matters, because in this case the State of
> Maryland simply issued a warrant to .com operator Verisign, (who is
> headquartered in California) who then duly updated the rootzone for
> .com with two new NS records for bodog.com which now redirect the
> domain to the takedown page."
>
>
> Adam
>
>
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> Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:47 PM
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