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by Mao_Zedang 3552 days ago
I guess it just depends on who you think ICANN represents and who has the default implied ownership of domains, I would like to think they are a public asset, its like radio space do you think the gov should sell life time ownership of the transmission spectrum?
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RF spectrum is a limited physical resource, unlike a completely imaginary thing like domains namespace. But some regulation is needed, so you can't register "something.", then register "google.something." and start scam users.

There is no such thing as "default implied ownership", you can propose anything to ICANN.