Most of the likely lawsuits will be over DNS issues. If the DNSO is
separately incorporated, then, it will be named in all such
lawsuits. And it seems almost certain that ICANN would be named as
well. Thus, as far as all dns related lawsuits are concerned, ICANN
and the DNSO have a common fate.
On the other hand, it might be the case that the PSO and the ASO
would not otherwise get sued, and thus there may be some reason for
them to separately incorporate. But anyone that named all the
members of ICANN in a suit is just as likely to name the PSO/ASO and
all their members, it seems to me.
My limited understanding is that one of the primary purposes of
corporations is to shield the members and officers from liability,
however, and I just don't see the advantage there might be for
separate incorporation. Perhaps some of the legal minds on the list
can give us a brief lecture on the pros and cons?
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