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Re:ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde ... by globular-toast on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:57AM (#26327255)
Irrelevant question. This isn't about private business relationships, it's about a non-profit organisation entrusted with sole authority over public infrastructure.
Re:ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde ... by ben_w on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:33AM (#26327528)
And this is an important distinction because?

He’s been denied accreditation for his business to resell certain domains, not kicked off the internet.

Would it not be reasonable for, e.g. a publicly owned national electricity grid to refuse to accredit a new energy business which is run by someone who previously published “how to circumvent your electricity meter”? I don’t even know if such a thing would be illegal to publish, but even if it isn’t illegal, I don’t think it’s unreasonable for accreditation to be refused.

Re:ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde ... by toyg on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:59AM (#26327730)
> I don’t think it’s unreasonable for accreditation to be refused.

It would not just be unreasonable, for a rehabbed offender, but also stupid. The people who know the ins and outs of systems are the ones best placed to suggest improvements to the status quo. I wouldn't think this necessary to be explained on Hacker News, but here we are.

Re:ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde ... by afarrell on Thursday March 04, 2021 @06:04AM (#26340986)
> rehabbed

This is the core of my question C -- Is it reasonable to judge someone's current trustworthiness by what they say about their past actions?