Re: [wg-c] Choosing the intial testbed

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

"Mark C. Langston" wrote:
> The registry MUST NOT own the TLD, and must not be allowed to even
> infer that some ownership exists, or we'll just be creating problems
> for everyone, and perpetual fiefdoms for a select few.


      Without addressing the issue of who should "own" a TLD, or what
rights domain name holders have with respect to the "owner" of the TLD,
would you agree that the policies might be different for 

     a)   Domains that were open to anyone, like .com or .org, and
     b)   Restricted TLDs. 

    I can imagine lots of models for restricted us TLDs that could be
managed by industry associations, international NGO groups, or any
number of other responsible parties that could be expected to treat the
domain name users fairly.  

    Also, if you want 

    (1) the TLD to be restricted, and
    (2) real enforcement of the restrictions,

   do you really want ICANN to be the police, or would it make sence to
"give" the management of the TLD to a different group that had the
incentives to do it right?

  Jamie


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