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: > > 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. >> >> <deleted middle content> >> >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------ > "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured > in an unjust state" -Confucius > ------------------------------------------------ > Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) > Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 > email:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Skype: slanfranco > blog:http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com > Phone:+1 613-476-0429 <tel:%2B1%20613-476-0429> cell:+1 416-816-2852 <tel:%2B1%20416-816-2852> > -- ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured in an unjust state" -Confucius ------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 email: [log in to unmask] Skype: slanfranco blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852