] CircleID: You have been quoted in the media saying "This
] is War" in reference to the VeriSign vs. ICANN lawsuit.
] And it sounds like in this war there will be causalities
] -- regardless of which direction results of the lawsuit
] go. Could you elaborate on any specific dangers that may
] lie ahead?
]
] Jonathan Weinberg: What I meant was that up until now,
] VeriSign and ICANN have maintained a facade of
] cooperation -- they may not have liked each other, but
] they had to live with each other. VeriSign has now
] dropped the facade. There are dangers a-plenty. If
] VeriSign should win this lawsuit, it will be empowered to
] make unilateral changes in the COM and NET registries
] that will be harmful to the DNS as a whole. If ICANN
] should prevail, it may be emboldened to extend regulation
] and micro-management far beyond where they're warranted.
] The most likely possibility is that the parties will
] settle, and we'll continue going down to hell in a
] hand-basket, much as we've been all along.

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