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Re: Thread 1: Sharing

> Good points, Karl -
> 
> >2)	Punitive application fees.  These are an outrage.
> 
> The $20,000 fee seems to be used as a barrier to entry to insure that
> the applicant has financial means. What would you suggest in its
> place, Karl?

Why do you need to guarantee this in an OPEN and COMPETITIVE marketplace?

Further, in a SHARED model there is no justification for it whatsoever,
since the net effect of a registrar going under to customers is NIL!

This is a purely anti-competitive device and as such is definitely improper
and likely illegal (at least in the US).

> >3)	Punitive restrictions on free commerce and trade (ie: extreme
> >	limits on the number of gTLDs and registries).
> 
> This is being covered in another thread, would you comment there?

Did.

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