RE: RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] RE: "livability"

[Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>]

It's a serious question. 
I am a bit surprised that many registrars have told me they don't support CAM 
because it doesn't require all registries to offer access to all registrars in 
all cases. 
Therefore it is perfectly legitimate to turn the tables and ask, why shouldn't 
all registrars be required to carry all TLDs? Of course, this would be an 
economic disaster for many small registrars - as Jeff E. explained. But the 
same holds true for small registries. Forcing them to open themselves up to any 
and every registrar - even when most of them will not play - seems pointless to 
a disinterested observer, indeed, to anyone but a registrar with a vested 
interest in guaranteed market access. 
Indeed, it really strikes me as fundamentally unreasonable, if not greedy, for 
registrars to demand guaranteed access to tiny TLDs with specialized needs. The 
more I think about it, the more unreasonable and silly it seems. This is not 
the old .com world we are headed into, and the assumption that every TLD name 
that comes along is .com, .net or .org is just absurd and needs to be 
abandoned. 

--MM
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From: Jothan Frakes [jothan@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:37 AM
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Cc: Avri Doria; Milton L Mueller; Michele Neylon :: Blacknight; 
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Subject: Re: RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] RE: "livability"

Can you clarify if this was a rhetorical question or was it one you really seek 
an answer on?

jothan frakes

On Jun 11, 2010 5:18 PM, "Mike Rodenbaugh" 
<icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


I think the point is that, if all registries must allow access to all
registrars, then why should all registrars not be forced to offer all TLDs?


It is an excellent question.

Mike Rodenbaugh
RODENBAUGH LAW
tel/fax:  +1 (415) 738-8087
http://rodenbaugh.com


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