Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] VI - An RSP Question..
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12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">All,</span><br style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I had meant to raise this issue at the end of last
weeks call, but forgot. In any event, in the interests of making progress
toward reducing the number of open issues, I wanted to raise Statton's point
again to see if we can find some agreement on it, and if so, take it off the
table. The lack of more general response to Statton's question below
suggests to me that the restriction is simply an artifact of a concern that
doesn't apply wheen an RSPs doesn't control pricing policies or selection of
registrars. Additionally, having tried to noodle on the issue myself, I
just can't see how, so long as the separation of pricing/policy/selection
authority exists, an RSP cross ownership would give rise to the behavior that
folks are concerned about. <br><br>Is there anyone out there still
opposed to RSP cross ownership where there the RSP has no control over
</span><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">pricing/policy/selection of
registrars?</span> If so, what is/are the reason(s)?<br><span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>Thanks,<br>Gray
</span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"
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Original Message -----<br>From: "Statton Hammock"
<shammock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><br>To: Gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx<br>Sent:
Friday, May 14, 2010 2:51:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject:
[gnso-vi-feb10] VI - An RSP Question..<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333399" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Thanks for the updated
matrix, Berry and Kathy.
This is very useful in helping to see the whole “proposal
landscape.” </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333399" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">As I was looking across the
columns, my
focus went to the descriptions of how the proposals treat back-end registry
service providers (RSPs). It appears to me that fewer than half of the
proposals (4 out of 10) want the 15% cross-ownership restriction to apply to
RSPs without qualification (I do not count the Board’s resolution either
as a “proposal” or a “policy because, to me, it’s simply
a “statement,” (an ambiguous one, too)). The other 6 either
envision such a cap only when the RSP controls the pricing, policies, or
selection of registrars for that TLD, or would allow complete cross-ownership
so long as strict structural or financial separation exists. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="2"
color="#333399" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(51, 51, 153);">So perhaps we’re
not too far from achieving a consensus on this particular issue. So, I
would like to pose the question to Proposers #2 (IPC) #3 (Afflias), #4 (PIR),
and #6(GoDaddy): What is the rationale for proposing an *unqualified* cap
of 15% on RSPs? To me, this seems needlessly restrictive when the RSP is
just a technical service provider with no policymaking authority for the
TLD. Registry operators, not their back-end service suppliers, are
responsible for pricing and policy decisions for their TLD. Registry
Operators also would not want, nor permit, RSPs to act in ways that are not
compliant with their ICANN agreements and policies. Also, it seems that
there is no incentives for the RSP to discriminate against any registrar
because they would want to see as many registrars as possible distribute the
names in the relevant extension. Additionally, if my understanding is
correct, the current marketplace demonstrates that registrars (DomainPeople,
for example) and their affiliates (Hostway) have provided back-end registry
services and sold names (.PRO) in those registries without any negative
consequences. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333399" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">So again to those proposers,
what is the
rationale for an *unqualified*<b><i><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style:
italic;"> </span></i></b>15% cap on registry and/or registrar cross-ownership of
a RSP in the absence of that RSP’s control over the pricing, policies or
selection of registrars for that TLD? </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333399" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Thanks, </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333399" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Statton </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="gray" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: gray; font-weight: bold;"> Statton Hammock
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</span></font></b><font color="gray"><span style="color: gray;"> Sr.
Director,
Law, Policy & Business Affairs </span></font><font color="navy"><span
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