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The Commercial and Business Users Constituency weighed in on the anti-competitive practice of registrars warehousing of domain names with an addendum to their original ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement comments.
This is great because it's a group of powerful industry heavy hitters like eBay, Dell, Verizon, Yahoo! and big-time domainers, the Castello Cities Internet Network.
Here's their addendum in full:
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Supplementary note from the Commercial and Business Users Constituency: Warehousing
* To: <raa-consultation@xxxxxxxxx>
* Subject: Supplementary note from the Commercial and Business Users Constituency: Warehousing
* From: "BC Secretariat" <secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:47:57 +0200
With respect to the provisions on warehousing of domain names, it seemed
that what most concerned everyone was that ICANN registrars, by virtue of
the RAA, had access to a pool of expiring domain names that they could
"store" for future use or sale.
That information and access meant they had preferential market information
which they could use to advantage themselves over others who may wish to
purchase expiring names. This creates a two tier system where some in the
marketplace are disadvantaged. Some are concerned about the
anti-competitive nature of this.
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It would be nice if the Internet Commerce Association (who claims to represent domainers - HA!) would step up to the plate and add an addendum to their RAA comments. I won't be holding my breath, though.
If none of this makes any sense to you, read a little of this thread:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/487472-expired-domain-skimming-by-registrars.html
This is great because it's a group of powerful industry heavy hitters like eBay, Dell, Verizon, Yahoo! and big-time domainers, the Castello Cities Internet Network.
Here's their addendum in full:
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Supplementary note from the Commercial and Business Users Constituency: Warehousing
* To: <raa-consultation@xxxxxxxxx>
* Subject: Supplementary note from the Commercial and Business Users Constituency: Warehousing
* From: "BC Secretariat" <secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:47:57 +0200
With respect to the provisions on warehousing of domain names, it seemed
that what most concerned everyone was that ICANN registrars, by virtue of
the RAA, had access to a pool of expiring domain names that they could
"store" for future use or sale.
That information and access meant they had preferential market information
which they could use to advantage themselves over others who may wish to
purchase expiring names. This creates a two tier system where some in the
marketplace are disadvantaged. Some are concerned about the
anti-competitive nature of this.
--------------------------------------------------------------
It would be nice if the Internet Commerce Association (who claims to represent domainers - HA!) would step up to the plate and add an addendum to their RAA comments. I won't be holding my breath, though.
If none of this makes any sense to you, read a little of this thread:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/487472-expired-domain-skimming-by-registrars.html
