Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] vertical relationships in the domain name mkt

[tim@xxxxxxxxxxx]

What you cite applies to many industries. I am talking abt regulation (call it 
policy or any other label you like) that applies specificly and only to the 
names space. I'm not trying to start anything so don't put words in my mouth.

I am truly curious abt how various stakeholders view VI/CO in relation to 
ongoing policy efforts in other areas. 

Tim


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From: Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:19:13 
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Subject: RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] vertical relationships in the domain name mkt

Tim,
So grocery stores are "unregulated"? There are no building permits, no health 
regulation, no antitrust laws, no food labeling laws, no labor laws?

Let's not have one of these stupid debates about whether one is totally for or 
totally against some abstraction called "regulation".

The point is, we have a framework of rules that allows a relatively free market 
in both food production and grocery stores to flourish, and it works pretty 
well without anyone deciding who MUST use what channel. Any interventions in 
that market are based NOT on an attempt to impose a specific market structure, 
but on known problems and harms such as monopoly power or health issues.

--MM


From: tim@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxxxx]

In that analogy the distribution channel is unregulated as is the case in many 
of the analogies often used. Does that indicate that many if not most would 
agree that if the names space integrates there is no longer a need for 
regulation (or at least a lot less)?

Tim
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