Re: [nc-org] Registrars and restrictions on org marketing

["Milton Mueller" <Mueller@syr.edu>]

>>> Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org> 12/18/01 01:06PM >>>
> It escapes me why you give in now. 

MM ===>
My judgment is that we are not giving up anything, except
perhaps lots of expensive hassles. 

We say in our marketing policy, "thou shalt not encourage 
duplicate com and org registrations."

OK, so what does that mean? Exactly how does that translate
into a specific registrar's web site? I can think of a thousand 
ways in which the intent of the policy might be subverted
while nominally conforming to it if the registrar wasn't
cooperative. And who is going to spend day and night
checking all the web sites of all the resellers and
registrars? 

On the other hand, if a registrar sells a registration to a
wholly commercial site and it is challenged via a new
dispute policy, then BANG it's gone, the registrar loses
the account, and their incentives are adjusted accordingly.

The latter is much more efficient and effective.