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RE: [registrars] Single letter domain names
- To: "Marcus Faure" <faure@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: [registrars] Single letter domain names
- From: "Paul Stahura" <stahura@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:54:29 -0700
- Cc: <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
- Sender: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Thread-index: AcWjE8QoZPHPaD3vS0K+qJNF4PkXhQAL2ewg
- Thread-topic: [registrars] Single letter domain names
Why not auction them with X% of the proceeds going to ICANN?
BTW, some single-letter names are already registered. Examples:
i.net (an ICANN-accredited registrar is the registrant
x.com (ebay/paypal is the registrant)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marcus Faure
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:05 AM
To: Bruce Tonkin
Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [registrars] Single letter domain names
Hi Bruce,
I can not speak for the constituency, but on behalf of CORE. Opening up
the TLDs will open Pandora's box. You will see requests for all names
from
all registrars. I would not know how to provide guidelines for a fair
distribution of those names. As long as that is the case, opening the
TLD
up does not sound like a good idea.
Yours,
Marcus
> Hello All,
>
> A member of the GNSO Council, Marilyn Cade, has placed the topic of
> single letter domain names on the agenda for the GNSO Council call
this
> week.
>
> I would like to hear the views of the registrars constituency on this.
>
> Presently it is not possible to register names like:
> A.com. O.com. Y.com. M.com etc
>
> I assume that there would be businesses interested in such names. It
> would appear to require a change in IETF standards/ICANN policy to
allow
> this.
>
> If it was allowed, there would need to be a suitable method of
> allocating the names. I don't think first-come, first-served will
> really work.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
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