[stld-rfp-mobi] .MOBI - Unanswered Questions
The Mobi JV applicant has written that it intends to reserve a list of generic names on the second level such as weather or music. The applicant fails to explain which generic names it intends to reserve (potentially, it could be many thousands - hotel, pizza, taxi, sports, cinema?). Additionally, the applicant does not specify whether these generic names will be reserved in every language. Furthermore, the applicant states that these reserved generic names will be auctioned off in a fair and equitable way without further explanation. Questions remain: 1. How will the auction procedures be organized? 2. Why are registrars excluded from this procedure? 3. To whom will the proceeds of the auctions go? Mobi JV? 4. By allowing auctions of generic names wouldn?t ICANN be giving Mobi JV a licence to print money? 5. Who will be the prime beneficiaries of the reserved domain auctions? The mobile operators? If mobile operators are the prime beneficiaries of these reserved generic names, as they appear to be, won't Mobi JV have a major conflict of interest? On the one hand, Mobi JV is reserving the names, deciding the auction procedures, and on the other hand, Mobi JV could be attributing the most "commercial" generic names to the members of its consortium. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today |