<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> If there is separability, then the moment IANA stops doing what it is supposed to do one can fire the operator and find someone who will conform to the contract and implement
 the community-based policies.</blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​You mean ICANN? Or am I missing something?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​CW's point is that, if separate, what's to stop anyone with a billion dollars ​hijacking it for their own agenda?  Presumably the ICANN board is assumed to be harder to hijack because of established accountability checks and balances. Why duplicate all that?  Just asking.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Also, why is the IAB not a good candidate?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">j</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span id="gc-number-139" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div>
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