Re: [ga] Registrar acquisition and merger policy

["Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@prodigy.net>]

What about programmers/developers, etc. ?

What is or was your involvement with the .BIZ TLD ?

Jim Fleming
http://www.DOT-BIZ.com
0:212 - BIZ World

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:44 AM
Subject: [ga] Registrar acquisition and merger policy


> 
> The recent purchase of Registrars.com by Verisign, who also purchased
> NameSecure.com, has made me realize that the ICANN needs to
> incorporate policy documents governing acquisition policies.
> 
> I understand the motivation for Verisign, they are facing drops in
> their new domain registration growth rates, and the transfer rate from
> Verisign to other registrars is practically a flood.  Acquisitions
> allow them to offset some of that, even if only temporarily.
> 
> I think a hard and fast policy should be create whereby if an existing
> accredited registrar (or their parent company) already directly or
> indirectly controls X% of the registered domain names, they should be
> enjoined against further acquisitions of accredited registrars.
> 
> Enforcement actions can include:
>             - Loss of accreditation (most severe)
>             - Penalty fees payable to ICANN on a per domain basis
>             until they come into compliance
>             - 90 day warning to get into compliance. (least severe)
> 
> This would serve to bolster the principles of competition, which is
> one of the guiding principles in the Green Paper, White Paper, and in
> the actual DoC agreements.  It would serve to help avoid anything
> resembling an attempt to become, or regain, a monopoly level position,
> and ensure that there will be enough accredited registrars to provide
> competitive advantages to registrants.
> 
> I'd be interested in hearing thoughts on this.
> 
> I'm sure our alt-chair will tell us to take this to ga-sys, or is it
> ga-icann?  :)  Who can tell?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
> Userfriendly.com Domains
> The most advanced domain lookup tool on the net
> DNS Services from $1.65/mo
> 
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