Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Statement of Harms from initial and later revisited Vertical Separation

[Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am in full agreement with Volker here!

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur général / General manager

INDOM.com Noms de domaine / Domain names

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Le 6 sept. 2010 à 19:32, Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> 
> Many proponents of a strict restriction against VI have voiced the opinion 
> that such a restriction is necessary for now, but can be released once the 
> new gTLDs have been introduced (rounds two and three). I must voice a strong 
> opposition to this view as it would place the parties currently restricted 
> into an even worse competitive position.
> 
> Limiting the competition from registrars on the registry market completely, 
> as is currently proposed by ICANN and RACK will prevent the registrar from 
> getting a foot on the ground in this new market. If such policies are later 
> revisited and removed, the registrar community will no longer be in a 
> position to benefit from this review. Such a retroactive change of policy 
> will only benefit those parties with market power, meaning the incumbent 
> registrars and (gTLD) registry service providers while squeezing the 
> registrar community in their own markets.
> 
> This is one of the reasons I have continued to state that effectively, there 
> is only one round of gTLDs. A preliminary limitation, that is later removed 
> when all parties realize it was not really necessary to implement VS, will do 
> more harm to competition in the gTLD market than VI can ever do.
> 
> Volker Greimann