[ncdnhc-discuss] Resolution on .org and protection of existing domain name holders

[Dave Crocker]

At 10:54 AM 2/8/2002 -0500, James Love wrote:
>The price of a .org registration has been regulated by the US Department 
>of Commerce.

Registry price is regulated.  End-user price is not.  The price is the same 
as for a dot-COM or dot-NET domain name.


>3. If .org is reassigned to a new operator, it is essential that the 
>existing .org domain name holders be protected against unreasonable fees 
>for domain name registration.

This suggests that there is no need to protect users of other TLDs from 
unreasonable fees.  That is probably not what the constituency wants to imply.


>   Many .org domain owners would find it extremely costly to switch domain 
> names, and are vulnerable to abusive pricing practices of the .org registry.

This statement applies to all domain registrants.  It does not distinguish 
.org registrants at all.


>4. The ICANN staff should provide the NCC with a memorandum explaining how 
>the existing .org domain name holders will be protected from abusive 
>pricing, after .org is reassigned.

Rather than defining a broad, difficult problem and then tell others they 
need to solve it, this group should formulate a solution before declaring 
tht it needs to be solved.

d/


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