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Darrell Issa: If we assume for a moment that the charter of ICANN is or should be the interest of commerce--in other words, a…

On the recordMay 12, 2015
If we assume for a moment that the charter of ICANN is or should be the interest of commerce--in other words, a fiduciary obligation to promote commerce, not to enrich themselves, or even enrich people who sell the names--then is there any real excuse to have a $2,500 price tag on any, absolutely any name at all?
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Issa questions the high prices for domain names under ICANN's charter.

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