[ncdnhc-discuss] Consumer Protection resolution

[James Love]

I'm not sure if this went through the first time I sent it, so forgive me if this is duplicate.  Jamie
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Proposed NCDNHC resolution on consumer protection and domain name registration.
February 7, 2002
Proposed by James Love


1.	Historically domain name registration and operation was a not for profit operation, but over time the operation of registrars and registries is increasingly a commercial activity.   The businesses that operate such registries charge fees and have policies on renewals, privacy and service that are important to the domain name holders.  

2.	Over time, persons who use domains often make considerable investments of time or money in marketing or publicizing the domain, and may have an important interest in third party hypertext links to the domain.   Persons who use the web also have an interest in stable URLs, which make it easier to maintain and use various reference materials.

3.	Domain name registries or registrars could exploit domain name owner "lock-in" by offering poor service or high prices.

4.	ICANN needs to assess the nature of consumer protection problems faced by domain name owners, and also to determine if the ICANN contracts with registries or registrars or government oversight provide sufficient remedies to protect domain name owners from price gouging or poor service.


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James Love, mailto:love at cptech.org
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