Re: Thread 3: selection of registrars

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>]

Karl Denninger writes:
> > Not so.  NSF only entered into a cooperative agreement to help fund
> > the process of the InterNIC.  IANA authorized NSI as a registrar.
> 
> Then the IAHC, as a delegate of the ISOC (both the IANAs and its parent) has
> the right to revoke that delegation *RIGHT NOW*.
> 
> Which is it Don?

What is fairly clear is that the IANA is the ultimate source of the
delegation. What isn't clear is what can be done with the cooperative
agreement before it expires. Were it clear, things would be
different. However, we have made it fairly clear what our ultimate
intent on the subject is regardless of what is practically, legally
and politically possible in the short term.

> I will remind you, and the other IAHC members, that if in fact this has
> happened you are quite possibly in violation of federal anti-trust law, and
> may be in violation of RICO.

Your constant harping on this theme really doesn't help the discussion
much, Karl.

Perry
Speaking for myself, and not for the IAHC in an official capacity.