Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Free Trade Proposal

[Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Mike, Berry,

Yes, I agree. I am fully with you on this.

Thanks :)


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Mike O'Connor <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i'm going to proceed with the proposal as it stands then -- you're right
> Siva, we've got a lot of work to do on "harms" but that will probably have
> to wait until we get past this Initial Report hurdle.
>
> thanks,
>
> mikey
>
>
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
>
> Dear Mike and Berry,
>
> I am sorry, I did not notice that the comment I made was on the main list
> while all the discussions we have had since this morning was on a sub-list.
>
> On the main list which has just received the revised proposal, I made my
> observations at the last minute, didn't quite see that it sounded a bit
> out of place, this is entirely unintended.
>
> I wanted to point out that the proposal needs to talk about how harms will
> be addressed. This point about harms isn't included in the revised proposal
> possibly because it doesn't fit into the context of the current revision.  I
> understand that the "harms" issue is being well represented by others in the
> main group -- there is no chance of it getting lost.
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
>
>
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> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Dear Mike and Berry,
>>
>> The final version is one half of the original Free Trade proposal.
>>
>> The essence of the original free trade model was a proposal that all
>> limits should  be completely lifted with a focus on the list of harms
>> with the observation that the discussion on limits actually distracts the
>> attention away from the
>> issues in vertical integration (Discrimination, Insider trading, Domain
>> registration
>> abuse, Domain tasting, Front-running, Predatory pricing, Account lock-ins,
>> Transfer out pricing, Less product variety)
>>
>> In summary, one half of the proposal was that all limits are lifted. The
>> other half was that measures are devised to safeguard against harms.
>> Together it made the Free Trade proposal.
>>
>> The revised proposal is emphatic on the first half of the original
>> proposal. But on harms, it observes that "The revised draft observes that
>> "No harms have been shown to have occurred unmanageably to date, in any
>> namespace, due to lack of VI/CO restrictions." and the toughest statement is
>> " Clarity in rules would greatly benefit new TLD operators"ICANN funding of
>> contractual compliance ... must match the demands of the new TLD expansion"
>>
>> This is not enough to capture the spirit of the Free Trade proposal. What
>> we have here - at the moment - is an incomplete revision. If this revised
>> proposal intends to examine harms and propose measures to prevent harms, it
>> is not so reflected in this revision.
>>
>> Sivasubramanian M
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>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Mike O'Connor <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> thanks Berry (and all).
>>>
>>> mikey
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 13, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Berry Cobb wrote:
>>>
>>>  VI WG,
>>>
>>> Attached is the Free Trade model based on Mikey’s format.  Please post
>>> any questions the WG may have to the list.
>>>
>>> Free Trade team, if you catch any misstatements, please advise and I will
>>> funnel all updates.  I appreciate the group’s work over the last 24 hours.
>>> Our discussions around this model combined with our  compromise made this a
>>> great experience.
>>>
>>> Thank you.  B
>>>
>>>
>>> Berry Cobb
>>> Infinity Portals LLC
>>> berrycobb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> http://infinityportals.com
>>> 866.921.8891
>>>
>>> <FreeTrade_Model_v1.0.pdf>
>>>
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