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

[Jean Christophe VIGNES <jcvignes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unsurprisingly I do too!

JC

Envoyé de mon iPhone 4

Le 6 sept. 2010 à 21:51, "Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
a écrit :

>
> I'd agree as well
>
>
> On 6 Sep 2010, at 19:29, Stephane Van Gelder wrote:
>
>>
>> I am in full agreement with Volker here!
>>
>> Stéphane Van Gelder
>> Directeur général / General manager
>>
>> INDOM.com Noms de domaine / Domain names
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> 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
>>
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