RE: [ga] price policy

["Michael D. Palage" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Veni/Elliot/Time:

Thanks for your individual contributions and hopefully my comments will
be viewed as constructive.

During my term Registrar Chair I was always sensitive to perceived
anti-trust issues, and arranged to have an anti-trust attorney speak to
the constituency during our Dulles meeting. The one phrase that has been
etched in my mind about potential anti-trust pitfalls was the following:
more stuff; better stuff and cheaper stuff.

I believe there are potential TLD models on the horizon that do not
resemble anything in the marketplace today. Specifically, I believe
there are viable business models available where the registry gives the
domain name away for free. I have raised this point previously in why
there may be some instances where registrars may not be needed in some
business models.

By imposing minimum pricing levels on registry services that places
ICANN in a very awkward position. So therefore I agree with Elliot that
this question does lead itself to a simple answer of no.

Best regards,

Michael



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of elliot noss
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [ga] price policy


that is an easy one. no.

On 10-Oct-06, at 10:06 AM, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Everyone has opinion on the price policy for TLDs.
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> I hear arguments about the roof of the prices, but I haven't seen
> anything on the foundation. So, my questions is, should there be  
> some regulation for the minimum required price for TLD?
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> Sincerely,
> Veni Markovski
> http://www.veni.com
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> check also my blog:
> http://blog.veni.com
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