A reminder

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

 From General Counsel's Second Analysis of VeriSign
Global Registry Services' Request for Amendment to
Registry Agreement:

"The registry agreements provide for price caps for
domain-name registrations and other registry services
because the sole-source basis on which those services
necessarily must be provided creates the potential for
abusive charges. Where a registry operator is placed
in a position of market power (particularly customer
lock-in) by virtue of its appointment by ICANN, it has
been viewed to be appropriate to guard against abuses
of this market power."
http://www.icann.org/minutes/report-vgrs-wls-22aug02.htm

Allowing currently capped prices to escalate in
perpetuity is not how one guards against monopolist
abuse of market power.

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