An alternate view to Michael Roberts is at the IGP blog. We are doing a series on the EC Papers, and here are the first two: Payback time: The European Commission papers on ICANN http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/2/4891821.html The second EC ICANN Paper: How low can they go? http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/4/4893009.html