Re: [wg-c] Unofficial report on L.A. meeting

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 11:18:15AM -0800, Christopher Ambler wrote:
> > That's the reason that it is necessary to start with a non-profit 
> > model -- conversion of a non-profit to a for-profit is not a 
> > "taking", going the other way, arguably, is.
> 
> Again, this is moot.
> 
> Until and unless NSI is changed to a non-profit, new registries
> cannot be constrained to non-profit only. To do so is (to my
> understanding) illegal.

Proof by repeated assertion...

1) My understanding from conversations with a well-known anti-trust
attorney is that this is not the case -- NSI is clearly a special
case.  However, I am not a lawyer, either.  Perhaps some lawyers on 
the list would care to comment?
2) They can certainly be constrained to be price controlled.

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Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain