ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Due to His ‘Background’
Found on Torrentfreak on Thursday, 18 March 2021
Peter Sunde is one of the original Pirate Bay founders, but in recent years he's mostly known for his role in various Internet-related startups. This includes domain registrar Sarek, for which Sunde tried to get ICANN accreditation. However, this request was denied, apparently due to Sunde's 'uncomfortable' background.
Over the phone, ICANN explained that the matter was discussed internally. This unnamed group of people concluded that the organization is ‘not comfortable’ doing business with him.
That has nothing to do with being "comforable". He is not in jail right now, and he is officially allowed to do business.