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Re:Unfortunately, we have renewed our ICANN accreditation by mapt on Thursday May 21, 2015 @07:00PM (#9585867)
Examining the actual power here:

What would occur if ICANN, at the behest of law enforcement, changed their rules to require a phone conversation explaining what the domain is for, forms filed in triplicate, a cheek swab, a rectal exam, and 1% ownership in the company?

If ICANN turns into an unacceptably bad actor for whatever reason, where does that leave the Internet, what is its recourse?

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Re:Unfortunately, we have renewed our ICANN accreditation by Figs on Thursday May 21, 2015 @11:37PM (#9586479)
If they really become unacceptably bad, people could start backing an alternate DNS root en masse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root

Good luck getting anyone to agree on which one though.

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