Re: [ga] The End of Domain Tasting and its Consequences

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Thomas,

Registries may take the view that an auction process
allows for nondiscriminatory access.  An auction would
allow them to maximize their ROI to a far greater
degree than by employing other equal access
procedures.

--- Thomas Narten <narten@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > For example, what if VeriSign and/or others
> decided to
> > sell this data for a high price to a single
> speculator
> > that had a relationship with a single registrar. 
> > Would this violate current registrar equal access
> > requirements created to ensure competition? 
> Probably
> > not, as the registry would be selling data to a
> third
> > party and not directly to the registrar community.
> 
> > What if these registries decided to put all their
> data
> > (including data on existing domains) up for
> auction? 
> > Most likely a single party such as Google or Yahoo
> > would prevail at auction.  Is it appropriate for a
> > single entity to have exclusive use of such
> registry
> > data?
> 
> Wouldn't this run afoul of the last sentence of the
> clause
> relating to "Traffic Data", namely:
> 
> > To the extent that traffic data subject to this
> provision is made
> > available, access shall be on terms that are
> nondiscriminatory.
> 
> Thomas
> 


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