Re: [ga] price policy

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suppose spammers also abuse the grace period as do domain name tasters,
but charging more for domain names won't affect them as that is only ONE of
the methods they use as you suggest here.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Barrett - EnCirca" <tbarrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Veni Markovski'" <veni@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] price policy


>
> Veni,
>
> It would be an interesting study to determine the percentage of spam where
> spammers are using their own paid domains versus domains that belong to
> others or domains that were obtained using fraudulent credit card data.  I
> suspect a large percentage of spam uses domains that the spammer did not
pay
> for, making the price of domains a moot point.
>
> In any case, I agree the bigger issue is whether this should be within the
> scope of ICANN's activities.
>
> Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Veni Markovski
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:36 PM
> To: Tim Ruiz; Veni Markovski
> Cc: Prophet Partners Inc.; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ga] price policy
>
> When someone is making a point, and this someone comes from a respected
> company that has a problem, then I listen.
> The observatoins show that spammers use most of the time domain names
which
> are cheap, rather than domain names which are expensive. While your
> calculation may be right - I don't know that - the observations are clear.
> Note that I am not taking a side.
>
> I'd say that it's not the same if someone buys 1 million domain names at $
1
> each, or at $ 6 each.
> But in anycase - the bigger point is if ICANN should regulate or not. I
> asked Karl similar question, but haven't heard from him.
>
> veni
>
> At 02:22 PM 10.10.2006 '?.'ЪTЖ  -0700, Tim Ruiz wrote:
> >Veni,
> >
> >I didn't take Ted's comment as comparing spam to murders. I understood
> >him to be referring to the desired result - the likelihood that a floor
> >price on domain names will reduce spam.
> >
> >But I do think your analogy to junk mail - spam through the post - is a
> >bad analogy. A spammer will pay once for a domain name (figuring they
> >cannot use it beyond a year, likely a lot less) and the cost is spread
> >out over millions of pieces of spam. So a floor price on a domain name
> >is going to increase their costs by a very tiny amount per peice.
> >
> >Tim
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Veni Markovski
> http://www.veni.com
>
> check also my blog:
> http://blog.veni.com
>
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