Re: Conflict resolution?

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 10:31 PM -0500 11/20/96, Ron Fitzherbert wrote:

Since when have the existing rules been enforced? Why do you suppose
they will be enforced in the future? Who is responsible for enforcing
them? Who takes over the extra TLD? Which court or country has
jurisdiction when the registry challenges a 3-TLD-only ruling (existing
precedent for more than 3 TLDs = NSI)?

Answers on a postcard to iahc-discuss@iahc.org.

> No, it doesn't break down at that point IF the rules are enforced.  If
> entity A has 2 iTLDs and entity B has 2 iTLDs they can merge all they
> want, *BUT* they have to release one of the 4 iTLDs.
>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Simon Higgs wrote:
>
> > > NSI's advantage could be nullified by making a rule that no single
> > > registry could serve more than 3 TLDs.  I don't like this rule,
> > > personally -- I just bring it up to point out that there are many
> > > possible solutions to that problem.
> > >
> >
> > It breaks down when two or more registries merge. It will happen.
>

Simon

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