Re: [SPAM] Re: [ga] Alternative Domain Name Distribution Models

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Karl,

ICANN can ask the Department of Justice's Antitrust
Division's enforcement intentions with respect to the
proposed policy on the exclusive use of
ICANN-accredited registrars.  

You'll note that requests that have been reviewed this
year by the DOJ so far include one from the IEEE --
see
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/busreview/letters.htm

Will ICANN adopt this prudent course of action?  Who
knows?

 
--- Karl Auerbach <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Tim Ruiz wrote:
> >
> 
>   However, as I
> > have pointed out before in similar discussions,
> there is not one gTLD I
> > know of that does not have multiple accredited
> registrars offering it.
> 
> If .ewe were ever to get into the
> NTIA/ICANN/Verisign root zone, it 
> would not be using accredited registrars, or
> registrars at all.
> 
> Not using registrars is not a violation of any law;
> it is perfectly 
> lawful behaviour.
> 
> What legal right does ICANN have to impose such
> requirements as a 
> condition of entry into the world's only viable
> marketplace of domain 
> names?  Isn't that restraint of trade?
> 
> I'm glad that you mentioned the cost and effort
> required to build a 
> brand.  But building brand recognition for a TLD
> does not necessarily 
> mean using registrars for that TLD; that's a
> business choice.
> 
>               --karl--
> 



       
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