RE: [gnso-dt-wg] Collecting Facts

["Mike Rodenbaugh" <mxr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The press release does make a distinction between tasting and kiting,
and it is important to keep them differentiated because not all tasting
is kiting.  

Hopefully we will find stats to show how much of tasting is actually
kiting, but I think those stats are actually impossible because the
kiters use multiple registrar accreditations and identities to do their
work.  I have seen plenty of anecdotal evidence and reporting, showing
cases of kiting have been found by Verisign informally and alleged by a
few brand owners in court.  Anyone with any info is encouraged to
provide.

Mike Rodenbaugh


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gnso-dt-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-dt-wg@xxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jay Westerdal
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:39 PM
To: 'Alan Greenberg'; gnso-dt-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gnso-dt-wg] Collecting Facts

I just used the Math they provided.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gnso-dt-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-dt-wg@xxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:03 PM
To: gnso-dt-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gnso-dt-wg] Collecting Facts

Jay, you will be glad to hear that you are one of the experts they 
quote in http://www.cadna.org/prepared-statement-july-24.html.

That document also differentiates between kiting and tasting, and 
important distinction that the press release does not bother to 
address, but rather seems to treat all tasted domains as kited.

For the record, where did you get the numbers $10-12.50 from?

Alan

At 24/07/2007 02:28 PM, Jay Westerdal wrote:
>So the average Kited site is bring in $10 - $12.50 a year?
>Why not register the domain for $6 then?
>
>Perhaps $5 - $20 Million a year. But I think that report
>is bogus and is just making up facts. I want to see some
>real stats and not made up facts.