Re: The view from my window

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@imc.org>]

At 12:22 PM -0600 12/24/96, Gary Morrell wrote:
>treatment. I'm asking for equal treatment for any organization wishing to
>run a TLD registry.
...
>I didn't miss the part about future consideration. The future is here, I am
>asking for consideration.
...
>I am willing to lose. I only ask for the framework and opportunity to apply
>for a TLD that is not shared, and is not chosen by a lottery.

	What, in the current IAHC proposal, prevents you from getting equal
consideration?

	Why does the TLD need to be an exclusive assignment?

	Exclusivity of assignments in these contexts usually pertains to
the concept of a "natural monopoly".  I'm not an attorney and even if I
were I still might have the concept wrong, but I've always understood the
requirement to be that it is not economically feasible to offer the
important, relevant service in a competitive environment.  What is it about
gTLD administration and management that requires it be treated as a natural
monopoly?  The discourses on economics of running a gTLD registrar
operation sometimes assert that exclusivity is mandatory but they do not
offer a substantive basis for that claim.

d/


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