RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] SRSU

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

Under which circumstances would people feel safe in allowing vertical
integration for a TLD that has a single registry and a single user (the
typical case being a "brand" TLD, for internal use only)?
KR:  SEE IPC STATEMENT.  

Let me start. 

*       There should not be "sales" of SLDs, the names under the TLD are
distributed internally based on declared criteria. 

KR:  AGREE THAT SHOULD BE NO SALES.  "INTERNALLY" NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY
DEFINED. 

*       There is no "secondary market", i.e. a name cannot be "passed"
to another beneficiary. Actually, the name remains always under full
control of the registry.     

KR:  IF "PASSING" REFERS TO TRANSFER TO UNRELATED PARTY IN SRSU SCHEME,
AGREE.  HOWEVER, I ALSO SUPPORT A SRMU MODEL IN WHICH THE USER, WHICH IS
RELATED TO THE REGISTRY  EITHER THROUGH A PRIMARY AGREEMENT FOR OTHER
GOODS AND SERVICES (e.g., SUPPLIERS, AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS, ETC.) OR
AS ITS TRADEMARK LICENSEE.  UNDER THE CONDITIONS THE IPC PROPOSED, THE
REGISTRY WOULD MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE NAME.
 

The point is that if a registry does fulfill these requirements, they
will be granted an exception, and will be allowed to operate without
giving equal access to all registrars.

KR: AGREE

There might be interesting questions, like: 

*       Will they be allowed to use the services of one registrar,
selected by them, or not? 
        
        

________________________________

        From: owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roberto Gaetano
        Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:40 PM
        To: Gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [gnso-vi-feb10] SRSU
        
        

        The theme is the following: 
        Under which circumstances would people feel safe in allowing
vertical integration for a TLD that has a single registry and a single
user (the typical case being a "brand" TLD, for internal use only)?

        Let me start. 

        *       There should not be "sales" of SLDs, the names under the
TLD are distributed internally based on declared criteria. 
        *       There is no "secondary market", i.e. a name cannot be
"passed" to another beneficiary. Actually, the name remains always under
full control of the registry. 
                

        The point is that if a registry does fulfill these requirements,
they will be granted an exception, and will be allowed to operate
without giving equal access to all registrars.

        There might be interesting questions, like: 

        *       Will they be allowed to use the services of one
registrar, selected by them, or not? 
                

        Cheers, 
        Roberto