RE: [wg-c] application documents requirements

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 17-Mar-2000 Rick H Wesson wrote:
> why is a chartered gTLD required to be a monopoly? why could it not be
> "shaired?"

Why should any gTLD that is not "shared" be considered a monopoly?  Does it not
have to compete with other gTLD registries?  

Using your definition every manufacturer in this country is a monopolist. 
After all they are the only ones who can sell their particular brand of product.

The product is domain names, the extension is the brand.

Calling them a monopoly doesn't make it so.

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