"The the week of the 29th brought 995 more. So I think it's clear that, without significant outside promotion of these topics, almost nobody would have noticed this proposal."

This sentence makes me seeth. ICANN's proposal affects many millions of people who've chosen to utilize a domain name or will choose to do so in the future. If you asked a majority of these users they'd probably have difficulty placing ICANN as an organization if anything at all yet this unawareness would justify ICANN's position? ICANN certainly hasn't gone out of their way to make the public aware of the situation.

The tone of the article suggests the author is ready to disregard the templated responses from Save Domain Privacy and others yet wouldn't these be the main channels for users to become aware of the ICANN proposal and take the opportunity to register their disapproval? One of the few places where one can educate themselves about this secretive ICANN situation is one of the primary sources that can't be trusted for honest comment. It sounds like they've already made up their mind on things.

Even sweeping indictments in the last year from an overwhelming portion of the public on similar issues surrounding online privacy and the desire for an open internet don't seem to weigh on ICANN's mind in regards to this decision.