[ga] Re: Profit = Tax (was ITU Resolution 102 -- four years later)

["Ray Fassett" <ray@fassett.org>]

Ross:

We can agree to disagree that the secondary market exists to the extent it
does because, as I believe, there is a shortage of domains.  I will cite
however the .biz and .info roll-outs being deluged by speculators to the
extent the vast majority of the community were left out in the cold.  Now
if community members today pay 10 times and we not call this a penalty for
not "understanding" at the moment in time these TLD's launched, then fine.
Same for .com.

Secondly, I will admit that the first round evaluation process severely
penalized those applicants that came in higher than $6 in unit pricing.  No
question.

I will also admit that Verisign's wholesale unit pricing was negotiated
long before the advent of competition at the gTLD level, a factor that has
had economic impact specifically upon its position and the entire market
place in general.  The economic landscape is indeed more complex.

I agree there should not be different rules for different operators.  The
consumer market place should decide and be provided every reasonable
opportunity to do so.  Thanks for your comments.

Ray

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