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Re: [ga] Thoughts/question on the WLS


On 09:31 a.m. 12/07/2002 -0700, Bret Fausett said:

>The registrars have already tacitly agreed that not all anticompetitive acts
>taken by those under contract with ICANN are ICANN's responsibility to sort
>out. Take, for example, the recent actions by registrars and registrants
>against Verisign's direct mail renewal/transfer campaign. Tucows was just
>sued for defamation (http://comingsoon.tucows.com/.court_case//) by a
>competitor. What exactly separates the kind of business disputes that have
>recently ended up in court from the kind of business dispute that was
>detailed in the Dotster WLS letter circulated earlier this week? Why is one
>supposedly within the scope of ICANN's responsibilities while the others
>outside it?

Good question.
I also agree that there is nothing registrants can do to stop the 
introduction of WLS.
They have to focus on regulation that will minimize harm from the WLS.

--Joop

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