Re: [ga] Promote competition not competitors

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

 This sort of thing was bound to happen/occur once ICANN made the
decision
to allow WLS even though it was resoundingly rejected by the
stakeholders/users
several times.  One can almost count on the ICANN BoD and staff to
create
bigger messes than it had to begin with...

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>   I wonder now about this concept.
>
> http://www.icann.org/committees/reconsideration/rc02-5.htm
>
>
> Although Dotster's reference to subsection 2.3.2 of the registrar
> accreditation agreement is new, the arguments concerning competitive
> effects and pricing were presented to and thoroughly considered by the
> Board in adopting resolution 02.100. As noted in the minutes of the 23
> August 2002 Board meeting, the Board recognized that many "registrars
> . . . saw the WLS as an erosion of competition."
>
> The Board as a whole, however, was unpersuaded by those registrars'
> arguments. By authorizing VeriSign to offer a WLS, ICANN would remove
> impediments to competition, not create them. It may (or may not) be
> true, as Dotster argues, that its "NameWinner" service will not be
> able to compete effectively in the marketplace because consumers will
> instead purchase the WLS offering, which provides consumers greater
> security that their subscription will be fulfilled. It may (or may
> not) also be true that consumers will prefer the WLS to NameWinner
> because WLS will be offered through all registrars, while NameWinner
> is available only through Dotster.
>
> Arguments that a proposed new service such as WLS will displace
> existing services because it is more attractive to consumers, however,
> do not demonstrate a threat to competition. Instead, they reflect the
> operation of competition. ICANN's core values support the introduction
> and promotion of competition, not the protection of competitors. See
> Core Value 6. This Core Value is in alignment with subsection 2.3.2 of
> the registrar accreditation agreement; it states that ICANN should
> promote "competition", not "competitors".
>
>
>
> _

Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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