[Chapter-delegates] [Internet Policy] [IP] Re Implosion ("death spiral") of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs)

[John Levine]

>Finally, to the extent there is gold in new gTLDs, the greater part of it has gone to ICANN, which
>collected more than $300 million in application fees, as well as an additional $240 million to date
>in proceeds from last resort auctions for string contention sets.

I wouldn't disagree.  Perhaps we can avoid making the same mistake again.

R's,
John