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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would add to the end of the Consumer Trust definition… “ICANN, and relevant law.” Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>RODENBAUGH LAW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://rodenbaugh.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://rodenbaugh.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike O'Connor<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 25, 2011 5:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Steve DelBianco<br><b>Cc:</b> Philip Sheppard; 'bc-GNSO@icann.org GNSO list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] BC position on competition, trust, choice v1<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>i would add a clause to "Competition" that provides registrants with multiple registrars, in addition to TLDs. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 24, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Steve DelBianco wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks again to Philip for his initial draft. The attached markup builds on Philip's work in proposing these definitions:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Proposed definition for</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Competition</span></b></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>in the context of the DNS and new gTLDs:</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Competition is the availability of multiple suitable TLDs where registrants may seek their desired domain name at reasonable prices and terms.</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Proposed definition for</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Consumer Trust</span></b></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>in the context of the DNS and new gTLDs:</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Consumer Trust is the perceived integrity of domain name registrations such that Internet users have confidence that a domain name is held to the advertised purpose and standards of the TLD operator.</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Proposed definition for</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Consumer Choice</span></b></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>in the context of the DNS and new gTLDs:</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Consumer Choice is the availability of TLDs that offer competing propositions as the purpose and integrity of their domain name registrants.</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Steve DelBianco<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>NetChoice<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.NetChoice.org">http://www.NetChoice.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://blog.netchoice.org">http://blog.netchoice.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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