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RE: [gnso-consumercci-dt] CCI: European Commission requests data on competition -- should we include these measures in CCI advice?
- To: "Tobias Mahler" <tobias.mahler@xxxxxxxxxx>, gnso-consumercci-dt@xxxxxxxxx
- Subject: RE: [gnso-consumercci-dt] CCI: European Commission requests data on competition -- should we include these measures in CCI advice?
- From: <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:17:31 -0700
<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000;
font-size:10pt;"><div>Tobias,</div><div><br></div><div>I am not familiar with
the greater than 40 percent measure of dominance, but if we were to move
forward on that we would be labeling .com (and Verisign) as a monopoly (long
and still above 50 percent). I think that road might be a cul de
sac.</div><div><br></div><div>Berard<br></div>
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-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: [gnso-consumercci-dt] CCI: European Commission requests data<br>
on competition -- should we include these measures in CCI advice?<br>
From: Tobias Mahler <<a
href="mailto:tobias.mahler@xxxxxxxxxx";>tobias.mahler@xxxxxxxxxx</a>><br>
Date: Mon, February 06, 2012 6:50 am<br>
To: <a
href="mailto:gnso-consumercci-dt@xxxxxxxxx";>gnso-consumercci-dt@xxxxxxxxx</a><br>
<br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000">Dear all,<br> <br> As mentioned
in the last CCI call, the European Commission recently sent a letter to ICANN
requesting specific information about competition in the domain name market.
Although this request primarily focuses on vertical integration issues, the
proposed measures may also, in my opinion, be used to assess competition more
generally in the context of new gTLDs. The EC asks for "recent figures on
competition", based on measures described as follows: <br> <br> "(1) <b>recent
figures on competition at </b><b>registry </b>and registrar <b>level</b>, in
particular <br> (i) the total number of currently active
registries and registrars accredited by ICANN, <br> (ii) the
total number of domain name registrations up to now, <br>
(iii) the distribution of domain name registrations by gTLD in terms of numbers
and percentages, and <br> (iv) the share of the twenty
largest registrars of the total number of domain name registrations (see
paragraphs 14 and 15 of our non-paper);"<br> <br> See the letter: <a
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/de-graaf-mccallum-to-beckstrom-crocker-19jan12-en.pdf";>http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/de-graaf-mccallum-to-beckstrom-crocker-19jan12-en.pdf</a><br>
<br> <b>Comparison with our criteria</b><br>
-------------------------------------------<br> We already cover (i) above, but
we have </font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000">so far
</font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000">not
directly included (ii-iii) . The latter can presumably be used to calculate
market share, in order to assess whether there are dominant actors (rule of
thumb >40 % </font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
16px;"></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000">market share). <br> <br> <br>
<b>Should market share of gTLD registries be included in CCI advice?</b><br>
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</font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000"> Market share is often used as
indicator of effective competition. If we include these measures now, we may
</font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font
color="#000000">pre-empt possible future criticism from competition authorities
(through the GAC).</font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">
</span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000"><br>
<br> I am aware of the possibility that the new gTLD program might not be able
to significantly alter the existing market share </font></span></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000">(and potential dominance) of
</font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000">some
market actors. However, </font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font
color="#000000"> I think we should distinguish clearly between our proposed
measures and the realistic 3-year targets. Thus, in my view it would be best to
include market share</font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font
color="#000000">, but to be very realistic with respect to what can be achieved
by the new gTLD program in a 3-years time frame.</font></span></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000"><br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br>
Tobias<br> <br> --<br> Tobias Mahler, PhD<br> Norwegian Research Center for
Computers and Law (NRCCL)<br> Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Oslo<br> <a target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://folk.uio.no/tobiasm/";>http://folk.uio.no/tobiasm/</a><br> Phone
(office) +47 2285 0087</font><br> <br> </span></font> <div style="font-size:
16px;"> <div><br> </div> <div> </div> </div>
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