[registrars] Re: [RegistrarsList] no to .TV

["Govinda Leopold" <office-reg@1stdomain.net>]

In addition to the below, the agreements for .tv put specific 
"instructions" on promotion: immediately adjacent to com/net/org 
OR the ccTLD of your domicile and more favourably than all other 
TLDs (3.5.). This will effect all future generic TLDs approved by 
ICANN !

Also, "premium names" are to be registered direct by the .tv site - 
and there is not even a specific definition on what makes a name 
"premium".

The mints in the .tv box that accompanied the agreements are 
good, though : )

Govinda Leopold
1stDomain.Net


> Dear fellow Registrars,
> 
> I did receive FedEx package today with all paperwork
> for becoming .TV Registrar.
> After reviewing it I say NO. Here is why.
> 
> 1. If a country is selling their nations pride, I'm not a buyer.
> 
> 2. For reasons beyond my knowledge ICANN
>     supports shortage of General Top Level Domains*.
>     This creates big bugs business for entrepreneurs like .TV. They
>      in turn sponsor ICANN, which closes the circle.
>      Lack of choices leads to high prices like $50 per
>      .TV domain.  I want this to STOP and I pledge my humble
>      contribution by saying NO to .TV
> 
> 3. It is seen from the paper that over $4 million go each year to
>     the country of Tuvalu Island for their 10,000 people. This is
>     $400 annual income per capita. They better go to work. I'm
>     not a contributor.
> 
> 4. The cost of domain name maintenance and support is $2 per year.
>     NSI is selling it at $6. It is a little bit steep but we all agree and
> pay
>     for it. .TV is asking us to pay $37.50 per domain - this is way to high.
> 
> 5. Country domains should belong to the country they are assigned to.
>     I suggest that  ICANN takes away names from countries, selling their
>     names.
> 
> For the very same reasons I say NO to .ws .cc .mu  etc.
> 
> Fellow Registrars, if you find my thinking reasonable, say NO to .TV and
> send
> a letter to ICANN demanding more general top level domains. Applications
> from over 35 applicants* were rejected by ICANN in November for no reason.
> All of them were planning to offer their proposed domains to Registrars
> from $4  to $15. The competition will draw those numbers even lower.
> 
> _______________
> 
> * Disclaimer. My company Abacus is one of the applicants for new TLD.
> We proposed .biz .fam .cool .inc and .xxx Our application was rejected,
> despite the fact that 4 out of 5 domains we proposed made the top 10 list
> by independent MSNBC poll of public opinion and despite the fact the
> independent
> study by Harvard Law school selected our application as the best in it's
> class.
> Application for reconsideration is pending with ICANN.
> 
> ----------------------------------
> Ivan Vachovsky,
> President
> ABACUS America Inc.
> Ste 880, 4660 La Jolla Village Dr.
> San Diego, CA, 92122
> 
> 
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