Re: [wg-c] Unofficial report on L.A. meeting

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

> The underlying presumption is that if either approach is later deemed to
be
> mistaken, it would be easier to parcel off a non-profit registry (say, by
> auction) rather than to take the registry from a private owner. In short,
the
> public resource blunder would be easier to fix than the proprietary
blunder.

A non-profit has a private owner just as a for-profit does. The accounting
is
just slightly different. You'll run into the same problems either way.
Consult
an economist and/or business attorney at your convenience.

>The proprietary gTLD
> model has had its chance, and it's time for an alternate model to be given
a
> test.

Unfortunately, since NSI has its extension agreement, barring new
competition under the same conditions is problematic at best. Antitrust
and unfair competition come to mind immediately.

It's all very noble, perhaps, but a non-starter nonetheless.

Christopher