[ncdnhc-discuss] Fw: [ga] Re: WLS Conference Call

[James Love]

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Love" <james.love at cptech.org>
To: <DannyYounger at cs.com>; <ga at dnso.org>
Cc: "Manon Ress" <mress at essential.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: WLS Conference Call


: There is an addition issue for us.  Verisign is earning monopoly rents
from
: domain owners now. If this is more bucks for Verisign, it should be used
to
: lower the registry fees, or do something else that benefits the doamin
: owners, if it goes forward.
:
: Jamie
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: <DannyYounger at cs.com>
: To: <ga at dnso.org>
: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:35 PM
: Subject: [ga] Re: WLS Conference Call
:
:
: : The remit of the Names Council and its task forces is to manage the
: consensus
: : process as it pertains to policy matters regarding domain names.
: : Consequently, one should begin by asking:  What are the policy issues
: : implicated by the WLS proposal?
: :
: : On today's call, it was argued that the WLS proposal would favor those
: that
: : have engaged in the hoarding of domain names.  While this may be true,
we
: : currently have no policy regarding domain name hoarding, and as such no
: : current policies are implicated by this proposal.
: :
: : It has also been argued that the WLS proposal could impact those
: businesses
: : that now provide Wait-List services.  As a matter of policy, ICANN has
: : already demonstrated that it has the right under certain conditions to
: damage
: : the business of others (and I'm sure that Leah Gallegos can confirm this
: : fact), and the implementation of WLS would not be a departure from this
: : policy.  Again, no change in policy is contemplated by the WLS.
: :
: : Dan Steinberg has argued that there are no new IP policy issues at
stake,
: and
: : I currently find his arguments to be reasonable.
: :
: : It is not our job to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the "merits" of
: the
: : WLS proposal, but rather to evaluate whether any current policies are
: : affected by the proposal.  I would appreciate it someone could detail
the
: : current ICANN policies that are called into question by the WLS
proposal,
: so
: : that we can stay within the scope of our limited mission.
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