Re: [ga] Re: Board descisions

[Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, at 12:33 [=GMT+0100], Thomas Roessler wrote:
> On 2001-03-14 22:55:52 +1300, DPF wrote:
> 
> > Registrants can invest a lot of money in their domain name and to
> > have it removed from them due to a policy change is not something
> > that should happen.  IMO once a Registrant has a domain name they
> > should be able to keep it for ever as long as they confirm to
> > normal rules (pay their fees, are not cybersquatting etc).
> 
> Indeed.  After all, why should anyone worry about the stability of
> registry operators when the stability of existing domain names
> depends on today's mood on the ICANN board?
> 
> More seriously, I just can't believe that anyone on the board, at
> Verisign, or in the DNSO can even think about policy changes which
> would have the effect to remove exiting domain names which were
> registered and are being used in good faith and according to the
> rules.

I would very much like to have as much trust as you seem to
have. There was an ICANN official quoted, saying that present
registrants in ORG could keep their names for another 'cycle',
IIRC. Unfortunately I have no source...

But there is another matter: changing the policy for ORG does affect
present owners, even if they can keep their domains. They will become
relicts. 

>From whatever angle we look at it: changing the policy for ORG does
not benefit anyone, except perhaps Verisign, by making a competiting
TLD impotent. There is no need to include a change in ORG's _policy_
in this new deal with Verisign, if that materializes. The ORG policy
can be dealt with, if necessary, on its own merits after looking at
it, discussing it over a longer period. If it is rushed through now,
together with the change in the Verisign contract, it must be for the
benefit of Verisign only.

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