Re: [alac] Re: Verisign paper for discussion on Deleting Domain Names Programing

[Izumi AIZU <aizu@xxxxxxx>]

with all due respect, I am not convinced that market force
is always the solution, it sometimes fails, it cannot address
everything. Auction can give privilege to those who have
more financial power than others, and could lead to
quasi monopolistic situation of some domain names,
which could be regarded as public good or public resource
(economists have not agreed what is the real nature of
domain names in economics terms).

Auction can be sometimes very good for some kind of
resource allocation, but I don't believe that is proven
for the each piece of domain names.

more later,

izumi

At 01:30 05/04/04 -0300, Sebastian Ricciardi wrote:
> Izumi,
>
> I do beleive in Market Forces. I donエt see how a lottery can be better than
> an auction.
>
> Best,
>
> Sebastian.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Izumi AIZU" <aizu@xxxxxxx>
> To: "ALAC" <alac@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:22 AM
> Subject: [alac] Re: Verisign paper for discussion on Deleting Domain Names
> Programing
>
>
> > I think ALAC should make a statement/comment to show
> > our concern and possibly opposition to the proposed auction
> > for the deleted domain names.
> >
> > It will give advantages to the economically rich guys to acquire
> > some good domain names who can afford that while leaving the
> > poor guys out who may have more legitimate use for the same domain
> > name.
> >
> > I am not a 100% believer of the market forces and this is the kind
> > of thing we need to be really careful about.
> >
> > Instead of auctioning, a lottery can be a good alternative.
> >
> > izumi
> >
> > At 10:29 05/04/02 -0800, you wrote:
> > >This was posted and will be part of the "Auctioning domain names"
> > >discussion at both the Registrars constituency meeting and the GNSO
> Public Forum
> > >
> > >http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg02816.html
> > >
> > >Denise
> > >michel@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >