Re: [ga] Responses by .biz/info/org Registry Operators are Unacceptable

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl and all,

  Again I and all our members must agree with you here.

Karl Auerbach wrote:

> Ah yes, a ".bin" file - which turns out to be a MS Word formatted file.
>
> Section 2.3 - I see that they require adherence to EPP.  Why?  That
> implies that they are mandating a registry/registrar model of doing
> business.  That's quite a leap.
>
> Section 2.4 - Why should new applicants have to adhere to "consensus
> policies"?  That is simply another indication of ICANN's "guild"
> mentality in which the incumbents get to dictate the rules to newcomers
> and thus prevent competition and innovation that might upset the
> incumbents.  Might one say, as I often do, "combination in restraint of
> trade"?
>
> Section 2.5.2.3 - while "localhost" might cause some problems, there is
> no reason to exclude .exe as a trigger for executables - did everybody
> forget that in Microsoft's world the string .com also means
> "executable".  In other words the TLD .com fails section 2.5.2.3.
>
> 2.5.2.4 is downright dangerous - it imposes a lowest common denominator.
>   And as for deceiving the public - might .cat deceive the public who
> generally consider "cat" to mean a small feline?  And .coop to mean
> things that hold chickens?
>
> 2.5.3.2 - Why should trademark holders get this wonderful elevation in rank?
>
> 2.6 - That is a flat out improper imposition on the business models.
> For example .ewe doesn't have registrars.  There is a word for this:
> "featherbedding".
>
> 2.7 - Nobody has ever been able to say how a TLD can make the internet
> wobble.  It may make users of names in that TLD unhappy, but since when
> has ICANN become a consumer protection agency?
>
> 2.8 - Why should ICANN inquire whether an applicant has the ability to
> "meet its business ambitions"?  One would think that that is the role of
> the marketplace.
>
> etc.
>
> This whole thing smacks of restraint of trade.  It's lawsuit bait - and
> not only will ICANN end up being a defendant but so will every company
> in the DNS business that has participated in the making of these
> restraints on free competition and innovation.
>
>                 --karl--

Regards,

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