Norbert hit the nail on the head here. I reiterate my belief that the application fee and obligations imposed by ICANN are more about limiting entry for various political reasons than anything else. > -----Original Message----- > I do not think it is mainly a question of "dis-advantaged entities" - it > is a question of (1) how the "basic set of obligations" is defined, and > (2) in which economic context. If it is expensive to fulfill the > obligations in Japan and the USA, that does not prove they cannot be > fulfilled in another context. >