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- To: <biz-tld-agreement@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: .info, .biz and .org domain names
- From: <ccooper989@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:13:47 -0400
To the ICANN Board,
The proposed TLD Registry Renewal Contracts for .info, .biz, and .org domains
have a seriously
flawed component whereby a registrar will be able to set arbitrary rates
without price caps at
whatever the market will bear. This will create a financially devasting impact
on the business models
of millions of domain and web site owners worldwide.
The impact will be especially damaging to .org and .info domain owners and site
operators who for
the most part use .org and .info domains for non-profit, charitable
organizations, and educational
purposes.
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested into the core domain name
infrasctructure of the
Internet with the secured expectation that acquiring, owning and maintaining
domains would always
be affordable and make economic sense for a long term investment.
To enable and facilitate a way for registrars to financially exploit and gouge
the marketplace would
not only be a business tragedy, but it goes against the grain of all the base
principles upon which the
Internet was conceived. It would certainly deter new entrepreneurs from
considering venturing onto
the Net if there is no certainty what their site's URL location will be costing
them each year they
renew. And the vast multitude of current domain owners and web site operators
would close up
shop if their costs of doing business skyrocketed on every domain they own.
Even more importantly, this flaw would give an unfair economic advantage to
individuals and
corporations who have substantial capital resources who could outbid less
fortunate and startup
entrepreneurs with limited capital.
And inevitably, there would be a tidal wave of costly and time consuming
lawsuits and litigation that
ICANN itself would have to deal with from the millions of impacted domain
owners.
Thus, I respectfully request that you reconsider and reconstruct the contracts
and remove this no
price caps clause completely.
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