Re: Comments on the Dec 19th IAHC draft

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> 
> 
> Paul Svensson writes:
> > The renewal and non-use.
> > 	IMHO, if you've paid your bill to your registrar and have working
> > 	name servers for your SLD, this should be sufficient criterion to
> > 	keep your domain; it could even be stated that working name servers
> > 	should exist for the domain to be delegated in the first place.
> > 	However, I see no point in insisting on annual paperwork to keep a
> > 	domain, specially if the registrar would wish to charge a one-time
> > 	fee for domains and no recurring fee, as a way to align their income
> > 	structure with their expense structure.
> 
> Quoting the document:
> 
>   To promote accountability, discourage extortion and minimize
>   obsolete entries, SLD assignments must be renewed annually
> 
> Perhaps that could be expanded, but I believe the reasoning is in
> there.
> 
> Perry

*EXTORTION*, as defined by law, is a criminal act and should be treated as
such.  

The IAHC and the rest of the I* organizations are not a court and have no
business attempting to place themselves as one or take actions reserved for
the judicial branch of any government.

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