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ICANN Confirms: New gTLD Contracts Permit .tv style pricing
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It's obvious why ICANN is doing this right? Look at how much revenue any of those TLD's have generated since their inception. Pennies compared to .com.
What ICANN should really be doing is imposing stricter rules about what types of entities get to register .com domain names. Have a bylaw stating that only individuals or institutions with a valid commecial entity can actually have a .com.
How many times have we seen websites like xyzcompanysucks.com? It would be much better to have that categorized under .info right?
This is about trying to get the Internet community culturally shifted away from the concept of .COM being the only worthwhile TLD available.
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There is at least 1 supporter of the proposed .biz/info/org contracts....Chuck Gomes of VeriSign!! See here [icann.org]:
Ensuring the continued security and stability of its infrastructure is critical to the continued growth of the Internet. That is why VeriSign supports the proposed new registry agreement for .biz. The agreement closely mirrors the model registry agreements that ICANN has already used or proposed for .com, .info, .mobi, .net, and .org.
These agreements strike the important balance between protecting Internet users and providing registry operators with the incentives and flexibility to continue to invest in the Internet infrastructure. They also create a level playing field for all the registries.
He posted similar comments for .info and .org.
It would not surprise me if VeriSign is salivating at the prospect of these contracts being approved, so that it creates a precedent for future .com/net renegotiations. Certainly, VeriSign would need to get similar terms like no price caps and tiered pricing for .com/net, to create that "level playing field for all the registries".
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The registries want a piece of the speculator action. It's not fair to give it to them, considering they control all the domains.
Feck you Vint!
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ICANN has posted a draft summary of the public comments [icann.org] relating to the proposed .biz/info/org contracts.
In addition, they noted "Staff reported during the Board meeting that negotiations with the registries are already underway regarding clarification of the issues surrounding differential pricing."
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