Milton, I purposefully used "product" since the mantra within ICANN is that being a "/regulator and coordinator of the global DNS/" means that it is not engaged in product production. On the point, as the issues around gTLDs get more intense the old saying "/If i//t//walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck,//it must be a duck" /will become increasingly relevant. As for /the private nonprofit corporate form insuring that it can transcend national jurisdiction/, I leave that to coffee break discussion within the legal profession, but I would not bet the farm on that as insurance protection. Sam L. On 30/03/2015 10:49 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > ICANN is not a corporation that produces a “product” – it is a > regulator and coordinator of the global DNS. It uses the private > nonprofit corporate form only so that it can transcend national > jurisdiction.