Stephen, On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Stephen Kent wrote: > At 11:40 AM -0700 8/9/07, Bill Manning wrote: > >O... > > > > > > ICANN is also a legal entity, with the same vulnerabilities > > as all other companies including RIR's... which was my point. > > "Special" is reserved for governments... :) > > The U.S. Dept. of Commerce recognizes ICANN exclusively (via an MoU) > with regard to certain Internet functions, so maybe that makes ICANN > "special," once removed :-). For many other governments and companies anywhere in the world, a large shareholder owned company is way more neutral than an entity that is special in the way you just described. David Kessens --- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf