Carlos,

Nobody is suggesting that the result is straight forward,
The suggestion is that ICANN should examine its own role and see how it 
facilitates, or obstructs, a more level playing field.
Now, although it is registered as a not-for-profit company, in some 
respects it acts more like a closely held private LLC.

Sam L.

On 03/10/2015 4:46 PM, Carlos Raul Gutierrez wrote:
>
> Dear Sam
>
> The result is never straightforward in International Trade. I keep 
> buying from Amazon, paying import duties to our Finance Ministry and 
> Amazon keeps hiring people for its call center in Costa Rica. Only the 
> local middleman was left out.
>
> Carlos Raúl
>
> On Oct 2, 2015 8:55 PM, "Sam Lanfranco" <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>     Milton is both right, and a bit off here.
>     ICANN's barriers to entry are the cause
>     Transfer of financial resources is the result.
>     As well, this prevents building registry capacity in developing
>     regions of the globe.
>     It also reduces registry level input, from those regions, into
>     ICANN policy development.
>     Engagement requires, and builds, capacity.
>
>     Sam L
>>
>>     I still have to quibble with this “transfer of resources’ framing
>>     of the issue.
>>
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>>     The real problem is that incumbent operators in North America are
>>     grabbing most of this sticky market because TLD operators from
>>     the developing world are excluded by the massive entry barriers
>>     created by ICANN. It’s not transference, its entry barriers.
>>
>>
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