Re: [ga] The Future of Domain Registry Pricing, if left uncapped
At 11:40 AM 09.8.2006 '?.' -0400, kidsearch wrote: here. He is responding to the fact that everytime someone disagrees with you, your answer is to tell them to run for the board. Oh, no, no... Read more carefully when I give such proposals. It has nothing to do with someone disagreeng with me. I am not looking for your agreement with me. Why would I do so. problem. Telling others they should run for the board if they are concerned is sort of saying, "Look at me! I did something! I ran for the board and got on!" That's what you think. For me it says something else. This may be good for you - thinking about yourself, but talking about me. Answering those who question you by saying they should run for the board is also giving the impression that you can't or are not willing to answer those questions I don't and will not respond to questions, which should be addressed to other people. Why would I? Because if you think I should, that's not good enough for me. A responsive board member of any organization might say instead, you make some valid points and I will be sure to bring those issues up at the next opportunity. A responsive board member, like me, already said, "That's a question for the Chairman or the President". I don't need to make a statement if this is a valid point, a good question, etc. I am not in the position to judge. I just say it's wrong to ask me questions, which are obviously not for me. > >Was ICANN lying to the court that price caps are considered > >pro-competitve? Or were they telling the truth? > > Again, questions which result in you expecting an ICANN position, > should be addressed to the President, or the Chair.
And no I didn't find that your blog had anything more substantive on these issues.
Why is it the wrong question? Because you are asking the wrong person. How many times did I ask you to address ICANN? affadavit. We asked you to be a human being and have an honest opinion so real discussion can take place.
I know they care Veni. I help companies choose their domain names as part of my living. As a lawyer, your legal opinion counts. In the arena of what customers want from domain names, my opinion is as qualified as your legal degree is in your practice.
> Oh, really? And how much do they charge today? In "your" world, why > NS is still charging $ 35, and why GoDaddy is chargin $ 8.95 for domain? Nope. This point proves there are users who want to pay $ 35, and users who want to pay $ 8.95. Or $ 12., or whatever is the price. But you believe there are only one type of users - the one who want to pay $ 6. Fixed. Right? that there are higher prices since consumers have a choice. If the registries all raise the price, that choice is eliminated. Do you see the logic here?
Several times Veni. You continually state that you see no reason for price restrictions. Since price restrictions are pro-competitive, what else could anyone conclude besides that you are not pro-competition? You either are for pro-competition measures like price caps or you are not actually pro-competition. I just wonder which one of us has lived 20 years under state-control economy (socialism). You or me? Please just decide and be clear. 90% orf your comments to the list are about how everyone has misunderstood what you are saying. Not true. There are only 2-3 people who pretend they mistunderstand me. I can't possibly believe you really misunderstand me, so you must be pretending. If 90% of the people you are talking to are misunderstanding you,
Hmmm. okay, let me. It depends on the market. At the EU level, on the telecommunications, there are certain checks and balances. You may wish to see that. My experience, and esp. comparing socliast countries with countries in transition, with countries with market economies, shows that the market is the only thing that regulates properly prices. That's why the prices for domain names are so different. If you want the prices for TLDs to be regulated, that means less competition, and for sure companies will not be happy about it. Esp, if the restrictions come from ICANN. Because it's not within ICANN's work to establish prices. If it was, fine. On the other hand, when companies offer big prices, there are organizations like the FTC ( I believe that's the relevane one in the US - one can say there are others, but you get the point, right?), which are existing exactly because of that. If you are not happy with some price, or service, or something, you go to the Commission for Protection of Competition, or the Commission for Protection of Customers, and you make a case there. There have been examples in many countries, where this works. Instead, you prefer to address ICANN. ICANN is not the solution to your problem. You have to understand some basics things here, but I am not in the position to give you free lessons. Veni
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