Re: Thread 3: selection of registrars

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> 
> 
> Karl Denninger writes:
> > > 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. 
> > 
> > On the contrary.  If the IANA is the source, it can be revoked by the IANA.
> [...]
> > Either you're the overseer or something OR YOU ARE NOT.
> 
> Not everything is always so black and white. There are legal
> agreements in place that modify the situation. Those agreements
> ultimately expire, but for the moment they exist and it is useless to
> pretend they do not exist.
> 
> 
> Perry
> Speaking for myself, and not for the IAHC in an official capacity.

Between who and whom?

An agreement between the NSF and NSI exists.

That agreement DOES NOT exist between the IANA and the NSF.  Or if it 
does, it certainly hasn't been made public!  If there's some back-room deal
going on here the public deserves (and has a right under US law) to know.

If the IANA revokes the delegation then NSI and the NSF still have a 
cooperative agreement.  It just happens to be for something that neither of
them currently have ownership of.

Again, either the ISOC (ultimately) has authority over this or it does not.
I don't recall any publication or document expressing a legal delegation
(and terms) of these registries to anyone by the IANA.   If this exists, 
then let's see it.

If it doesn't stop pretending that it does.

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