Re: [wg-c] Schwimmer Post From Last Week

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 07:59 AM 12/22/1999 , Milton Mueller wrote:
>The one entity that can be relied upon to police the registration policy is
>the registry itself. If the registry has control (dare I say *proprietary*
>control) over its zone files, and if it has an incentive to apply a specific
>standard consistently, then it will do so. So, for example, the .bank idea


Depends on the rest of the registry's balance of incentives.

For example a for-profit registry will be highly motivated to seek the 
highest revenues it can achieve.  That is a goal in direct opposition to 
careful policing.

d/

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