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[ga] Strong Arm Tactics

  • To: mike@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Subject: [ga] Strong Arm Tactics
  • From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:12:46 -0800 (PST)
  • Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
  • Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=QFObhyOOR3lupGJzIpCdOGzj8jpbfJIjktoVTjpOiV4oFyxKmCxO8XtqqLad8r+IUiYQmpWcMgakoUCIsjBILnHJYPAMJ8fxI5uo9zlPIEtc+yMGOkEwO5JaUE6EteVbOIV2EuUr0vbqwkrkVPoR9h+WbpSNLB5cGidAJHFD0O4= ;
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Mike,
 
Your candidate statement refers to "the 75 cent fee incorporated into the .NET RFP".  I hope you don't mind discussing this issue...
 
As I recall, ICANN's MOU (under the PROHIBITIONS section) states:  "Neither Party, either in the DNS Project or in any act related to the DNS Project, shall act unjustifiably or arbitrarily to injure particular persons or entities or particular categories of persons or entities."
 
If one gTLD registry is being charged this fee and others are not, why wouldn't this be considered an arbitrary act that unjustifiably and financially injures this one particular entity?  Why should the .net registry have to pay more in fees than the other gTLD registries?
 
Just because the .NET RFP coerces applicants into accepting the 75 cent fee doesn't make it right.  To me, it seems like nothing more than blatant strong-arm tactics at play.  
 
What is your view?

		
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