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[ga] Presumptive Renewal -- Yes or No
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- From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:04:09 -0800 (PST)
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One of the policy issues that raises the most ire is
that of presumptive renewal.
The Staff Analysis of Public Comment Regarding the
Proposed .COM Agreement had this to say:
"Comments focused on the proposed settlement's
presumptive renewal terms, and the conditions
precedent to termination of the agreement. It was
stated in public fora that the presumptive renewal
terms in the proposed agreement had reduced ICANN's
ability to designate a different registry operator if
conditions warranted.
Despite the callout in the existing agreement for the
continuation of presumptive renewal there were
comments that the presumptive renewal: be stricken
entirely; be compliance based
and procedural in nature; include guarantees of price
reductions based on an industry index or community
review; be accompanied by guaranteed investment
levels, improvements and/or other assurances that
continued control of the .COM space by VeriSign is in
the continued best interest of the Internet community;
termination provisions should be strengthened.
There were opposing views of the effects of
presumptive renewal provision.
The presumptive renewal provisions were sighted as
anti-competitive, damaging to innovation and
accountability, and counter to ICANN's core
principles.
On the other hand, presumptive renewal encourages a
long-term strategic planning horizon and investment by
the registry operator, thereby enhancing network
stability and security. The consensus registry
constituency position (and of some other
constituencies) holds that the offer of presumptive
renewal should be extended "to similarly situated
registry operators on an equitable and
non-discriminatory basis," for those reasons."
http://icann.org/topics/vrsn-settlement/comments-analysis-11dec05.pdf
The GNSO has asked for policy guidance as it relates
to ICANN's contracts. What policy for renewals should
we support?
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