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Milton:<br>
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I don't think a consultation requirement is overly regulatory. I do think
the need for consultation is greater, and consultation is easier, in smaller
communities.<br>
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Harold<br>
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<pre wrap="">Harold:<br>I want to make sure I understand where you are going with this.<br>Most people involved in this controversy are advocating <br>that unsponsored gTLDs be _more_ regulated than <br>sponsored gTLDs. So my point 4 was meant to point<br>out that if a case for intervention exists, it is basically<br>the same for both sponsored and unsponsored.<br><br>But what you say below implies the<br>opposite: sponsored gTLDs should be more regulated <br>by ICANN than unsponsored. Is that what you are saying? <br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Harold Feld <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hfeld@MEDIAACCESS.ORG"><hfeld@MEDIAACCESS.ORG></a> 01/08/04 05:33PM >>><br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->I must disagree with point four.<br><br>Milton Mueller wrote:<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">4. The PDP should consider whether there should be a distinction between<br>policies applied to sponsored and unsponsored TLDs. NCUC believes<br>the answer is no: if the justification for regulation is economic; i.e,<br>that users are locked in to a supplier and cannot switch service providers<br>without incurring damaging costs, then the same fundamental economic<br>problem applies regardless of whether the registry is sponsored or not.<br>If the justification for the process is technical, the answer is the same:<br>there is no relevant technical distinction between sponsored and un-<br>sponsored registries.<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Sponsored TLDs may have communities in which particular changes are more<br>damaging than others. Furthermore, the collective nature of the<br>community surrounding a sponsored TLD lends itself better to closer<br>consultation with registrants.<br><br>For example, to the extent museuems have customized how they use their<br>domain names for particular purposes, in reliance on past practices of<br>the .museum registry, a registry change might well have a significant<br>effect on the entire community. For larger, more diffuse registries,<br>such as unsponsored TLDs or sponsored TLDs with broader communities,<br>such as .biz, the cost of community consultation is much higher and the<br>vulnerability of the entire community as a whole to a change in policy<br>is decreased.<br><br>Harold<br><br><br><br></pre>
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