Fwd: [council] .biz/info/org proposed contracts - pricing implications

[Horacio T. Cadiz]

   ... and I can see the ccTLD operators salivating at the prospect of having a
precedent to follow.  Hey, if ICANN allows it for that gTLD, it surely can't be
bad for our ccTLD.


>> From: BC secretariat [mailto:secretariat at bizconst.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:15 PM
>> To: BC List
>> Subject: Vint Cerf/ICANN confirm my interpretation of .biz/info/org
>> proposed contracts --
>> tiered/differential domain pricing would not be forbidden
>>
>>
>> From George Kirikos
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I finally got the "official" word from Vint Cerf of ICANN, "on the
>> record",
>> who confirmed that my interpretation is correct, that
>> differential/tiered
>> pricing on a domain-by-domain basis would not be forbidden under
>> the
>> .biz/info/org proposed contracts. This means that the registries
>> could
>> charge $100,000/yr for sex.biz, $25,000/yr for movies.org, etc. if
>> they
>> wanted to -- it would not be forbidden the way the proposed
>> contracts are
>> currently written. This would represent a powerful pricing weapon



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