RE: [wg-c] S/K principles

["Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <rod@cyberspaces.org>]

I agree with Patrick...particularly with regard to the impact that S/K
Principle #1 could have on competition. Meaning adds context for the user,
but this will occur without an ICANN mandate or barrier, if market forces so
require. If users want generic strings with amorphous meaning (which I doubt
that they actually do), let them clearly have at them.

Rod Dixon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> Patrick Greenwell
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 4:37 PM
> To: Philip Sheppard
> Cc: wg-c@dnso.org; Jonathan Weinberg
> Subject: Re: [wg-c] S/K principles
>
>
> I submit that such a requirement would have at least three gravely adverse
> effects on both registries and consumers:
>
> a) It would, contrary to your stated intent, force registries to run
>    chartered TLDs in order to maintain disparity from all other
>    registries.
>
> b) It would create fiefdoms where single registries would be responsible
>    for all registrations pertaining to a specific charter.
>
> c) Potential new registries would be forced to choose among decreasingly
>    attractive TLDs as monopoly(in their given purpose) chartered TLDs
>    came into being.
>
> Robust competition is created when entities offering the same or
> largely similar goods/services enter a market, not by allowing a single
> entity to control all goods/services in a specific market as this clause
> would do w/r/t domain names. It's bad for the registries and it is bad for
> consumers.
>