Most of the single-character .com labels were initially registered in 1993 by Dr. Jon Postel while performing work pursuant to a contract with, and funded by, the U.S. government and are currently assigned to a "shell registrar" created and controlled by ICANN. This shell — which is the 376th entry on ICANN's list of accredited registrars — is misleadingly identified as the IANA registrar while being engaged in the illicit warehousing of domain names for speculative purposes.
ICANN, in concert with Verisign, has attempted to engage in a speculative auction for at least one of these domain names, o.com, which has the stated purpose of serving as a "pilot" for the release of the other remaining single-character .com labels. The attempted speculative auction for this warehoused domain name is to be conducted by an auctioneer selected by Verisign and the proceeds — which will be overseen by a trustee selected by Verisign, which can also fire the trustee in its sole discretion — are intended to benefit the Internet Society (ISOC) and other non-profit organizations included on a redacted and non-public list that was created solely by ICANN and Verisign.
In summary, domain names initially registered on behalf of the U.S. government have been warehoused for decades by being assigned to a shell registrar named IANA that is controlled by an ICANN department named IANA, which also performs a set of naming, numbering, and protocol functions named IANA.
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ICANN, in concert with Verisign, has attempted to engage in a speculative auction for at least one of these domain names, o.com, which has the stated purpose of serving as a "pilot" for the release of the other remaining single-character .com labels. The attempted speculative auction for this warehoused domain name is to be conducted by an auctioneer selected by Verisign and the proceeds — which will be overseen by a trustee selected by Verisign, which can also fire the trustee in its sole discretion — are intended to benefit the Internet Society (ISOC) and other non-profit organizations included on a redacted and non-public list that was created solely by ICANN and Verisign.
In summary, domain names initially registered on behalf of the U.S. government have been warehoused for decades by being assigned to a shell registrar named IANA that is controlled by an ICANN department named IANA, which also performs a set of naming, numbering, and protocol functions named IANA.
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