RE: [wg-c] registry contracts

["William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>]

Certainly.  It is in the NTIA domain documents :

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/scanned/FTC.htm



On 22-Nov-99 Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> William,
> 
> It would be kind to all of us if you would re-post the pointers to the
> report.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
>> William X. Walsh
>> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 5:07 PM
>> To: Kent Crispin
>> Cc: wg-c@dnso.org
>> Subject: Re: [wg-c] registry contracts
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21-Nov-99 Kent Crispin wrote:
>> > Proof by appeal to authority?
>> >
>> > They know quite a bit about economics.  That does not mean
>> they know
>> > a lot about the Internet.  Nor does it mean that they are
>> unbiased.
>>
>> So we have someone who knows about the Internet, but not
>> about economics,
>> saying one thing, and we have a panel of experts who KNOW
>> economics (and
>> from the report appeared to have expert consultants who know
>> the Internet).
>>
>> Have you read the report details, Kent?  You really should,
>> it isn't as
>> uninformed as you think.  Remember, the FTC is uniquely
>> involved in issues
>> of commerce and antitrust.   They don't issue reports like
>> that lightly,
>> and indeed they do not have any particular axe to grind one way or the
>> other.
>>
>> > Hal Varian, dean of the school of economics at Cal Berkely, has
>> > studied this problem as well, and to him the obvious approach is
>> > something like the Nominet model.
>>
>> One person who likes that approach and thinks it is the best
>> model doesn't
>> mean that you exclude all other models, Kent.
>>
>> > In particular, the FTC economists express a distressing lack of
>> > understanding on the issue of the potential extent of the switching
>> > costs involved.  That doesn't take a degree in economics to
>> > notice...just familiarity with the Internet
>>
>> I think you overstate your case, Kent. And so far I haven't
>> seen a SINGLE
>> thing you have said that is based on reality.  The fact is
>> that ICANN is
>> expected to include provisions in their contracts that will limit the
>> ability of registries to do exactly what you mention as the harm of
>> for-profit registries, and I only have to assume that you use
>> it to spread
>> Fear amongst those who do not truly understand or have the
>> time to spend
>> to look at all the ins and outs.
>>
>> --
>> William X. Walsh - DSo Internet Services
>> Email: william@dso.net  Fax:(209) 671-7934
>>

--
William X. Walsh - DSo Internet Services
Email: william@dso.net  Fax:(209) 671-7934