02/27/2013
https://congress.gov...
"There does seem to be two prices, the price when there is competition and the price when there is extortion."
"My question is that if we assume that ICANN exists for the public benefit... is there any reason cost-wise that these names would have to cost more than $10 a year?"
"ICANN is a California-registered non-profit. Now, non-profits, even though they pay their CEO millions of dollars, non-profits can only be non-profits if they, in fact, exist for a public benefit."
"Please don't say that this is legalized extortion."