[nc-transfer] WLS/deletes: Harm to existing registrar-based services

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

It was argued by many participants in the discussions that an  
establishment of WLS as currently proposed would be harmful to  
existing registrar-based services, and that the suggested  
grandfathering for SnapBack holders would put SnapNames into an  
inappropriately advantageous position.

As far as the preferential grandfathering for SnapBack holders is  
concerned, Chuck Gomes of Verisign suggested that any providers of  
SnapBack-like services should contact Verisign in order to negotiate 
similar solutions for the domain names they are currently trying to  
get for their customers.

Other than that, Chuck Gomes argued that all this would only prove  
that the WLS proposal would provide customers with service superior  
to the one currently offered in the marketplace, and that, for this 
reason, WLS should be given a try.

Ultimately, this may indeed not be a policy question, but one better 
deferred to offline competition and anti-trust regulations.

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Thomas Roessler                          http://log.does-not-exist.org/