Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] What do we mean by "single registrant"?

[Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I must agree with Avri.  A "common sense" view would say that complete 
separation prevents concentration of power that could be dangerous and I would 
expect that many would support it. 

Similarly, however, I have heard no-one provide a good rationale, supported by 
any evidence (as opposed to fears), as to why we shouldn't eliminate barriers 
altogether. 

What both approaches have in their favor is their absolute clarity, and this 
*is* a benefit to consumers, and indeed to everyone. 

Antony


On Apr 6, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Avri Doria wrote:

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>> If we see a lot of public comments during this PDP in favor of an SRSU model
>> then lets certainly spend more time on it.    Up until now it's a solution
>> in search of a problem (for this round).   
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> Out of curiosity have we seen any strong interest from consumers, registrants 
> or users in moving away from the Board's position on 0CO?  
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> While I have to spoke to people in the non commercial sector and elsewhere 
> who are interested in free distribution of second level TLDs to their 
> members, I have spoken to no one in the non commercial world who is 
> interested in moving beyond the zero co-ownership status that has been 
> mandated by the Board.  From this perspective can anyone outline what the 
> advantages are to users and registrants of any co-ownership arrangements?  I 
> understand why for profit registries and registrars are interested as it is a 
> good business opportunity for them, but do not see it doing anything good for 
> the users.
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> As we have accepted that service of the registrants and users, in their dual 
> role as consumers and creators of the Internet, is the primary purpose of our 
> work perhaps we should wait until we see public comments from users and 
> registrants indicating that we ought to look into co-ownership arrangements 
> before moving any further with those discussions.
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