Re: [gnso-rap-dt] Front-Running

[Roland Perry <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message 
<20090805073132.9c1b16d3983f34082b49b9baf8cec04a.728f9eda56.wbe@xxxxxxxxx
ureserver.net>, at 07:31:32 on Wed, 5 Aug 2009, James M. Bladel 
<jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> Here's an interesting report released yesterday by ICANN on the subject
> of Front Running:
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04aug09-en.htm
Which raises the question of whether or not "doing a DNS query" counts 
as "attempts by an Internet user to check the availability of a domain 
name". The assumption seems to be that the Internet user in question is 
correlated with someone who wishes to register a domain.
I meant to mention this on the recent call: surely an ISP who is also a 
registrar has an opportunity to talent-spot potential typo-squatting and 
brand-infringing domain names.
While it seems unlikely to me that many users speculatively try to 
access domain names such as cheap-brandname.com [and 
cheap-bnadname.com], the indication is that these are a significant 
issue for brandname holders.
Frustrated attempts to do this might indicate a name which has 
pay-per-click possibilities.
--
Roland Perry