Re: Royalty Based Fees

[Aveek Datta <MoNoLiTH+@CMU.EDU>]

Excerpts from internet.listserv.iahc-discuss: 26-Dec-96 Re: Royalty
Based Fees by "Leo Smith"@ntplx.net 
> To Kent Crispin, et al:
> Why not use  royalty based revenue to generate the funding needed to
> support IAHC. If a registry has to pay a nickle royalty ONLY when it makes
> a dollar, the royalty payment will never act as a barrier to entry.
>  
> If the $20,000 fee were instead treated as an advance on royalties to cover
> the first $400,000 in sales generated by your registry, how would you view
> that?
>  

Personally  I thought the Postel document was much more sensible in this
regard -- a reasonable 2k fee for entry (though I think that should be
refundable too) and then a per name yearly fee, similar to the way the
Internic manages things. This way free registrie sand other public
interest registries get a chance.

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