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Republican Senators Express Concern Over Renewall of ICANN Contracts With DoC
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I don't disagree. But the Senators would put the cart before the horse. If the goal is to remove ICANN from having a role in registry-level pricing, then the first step is to open the market widely for increased registry-level competition. Verisign would push this in a different direction though: artificially constrain the number of registry operators and allow those few who are allowed to enter the market to do whatever they will. You've got to undo the first wrong before you undo the second.
-- Bret
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Re: My own take
by lextext
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The first wrong was giving ICANN the assignment of increasing competition through the creation of new registries. They've done it slowly, badly, and very little. Most of that can't be undone, the best one could hope for is that they change direction. There are no signs that that will happen any time soon. So to fix the first wrong to the extent that it can be, ICANN should either be told in no uncertain terms to follow through at speed with its assigned task, or it should be taken away from them. -g
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You've got to undo the first wrong before you undo the second.
Maybe true sometimes in the abstract, but I think not applicable to the present reality. Entrenching regulatory power in ICANN will ensure we never right either wrong. WLS is bad for consumers, and perhaps unjust to VRSN competitors, but making ICANN an economic regulator is the wrong path.
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