Re: [ga] The End of Domain Tasting and its Consequences

[Thomas Narten <narten@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> For example, what if VeriSign and/or others decided to
> sell this data for a high price to a single speculator
> that had a relationship with a single registrar. 
> Would this violate current registrar equal access
> requirements created to ensure competition?  Probably
> not, as the registry would be selling data to a third
> party and not directly to the registrar community.

> What if these registries decided to put all their data
> (including data on existing domains) up for auction? 
> Most likely a single party such as Google or Yahoo
> would prevail at auction.  Is it appropriate for a
> single entity to have exclusive use of such registry
> data?

Wouldn't this run afoul of the last sentence of the clause
relating to "Traffic Data", namely:

> To the extent that traffic data subject to this provision is made
> available, access shall be on terms that are nondiscriminatory.

Thomas