Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Proposed Addendum to Proposals

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 14/06/2010 04:54 PM, Jeff Eckhaus wrote:
> .....
> Those opposed to JN2 and other proposals seem to agree that 
> cross-ownership is appropriate, but that ICANN will not be able to 
> police any restrictions on data sharing between a registry and 
> registrar. They believe that we cannot simply rely on Registrars to 
> adhere to a signed agreement. Thus, because compliance will be too 
> difficult to enforce, we must limit cross-ownership.
> .....
For an interesting example of the level of registrar adherence to 
their signed agreements, and of ICANN's ability to monitor even 
simple things, take a look at 
http://www.circleid.com/posts/who_is_blocking_whois/ if you haven't 
already done so. NOTE: This had NOTHING to do with VI. But it is an 
example of a case where compliance is moderately easy, there is 
little to be gained by a principled registrar not following the 
agreement, and monitoring is not terribly onerous, albeit somewhat 
tedious if not automated.
Alan