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Dear colleagues,<br>
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I used to think it was easy to differentiate between active domains,
in the sense that they are used by someone with a Web site or email,
versus domains that were used for investment and speculation. Being
part of the Domain Name Marketplace Indicators advisory panel taught
me that this is a very complicated issue, with a range of fades of
grey, from the pure speculators to the web site at the other end.<br>
The domain name marketplace indicators latest data has been
published recently.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-04-17-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-04-17-en</a><br>
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Kindest regards,<br>
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Olivier<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/05/2019 22:51, Jonathan Zuck
wrote:<br>
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Whew! That's a tough one because how do you distinguish what is
speculation? Better to just raise prices and bring down the
volume, I think.</div>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
GTLD-WG <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gtld-wg-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org"><gtld-wg-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org></a> on
behalf of John Laprise <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com"><jlaprise@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 4, 2019 8:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CPWG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GTLD-WG] [CPWG] Reflections on registry
agreement renewals</font>
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<div dir="auto">The recent discussion on this topic has made me
reflect on the topic more broadly and I'd like to share
something provocative I've been pondering.
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<div dir="auto">At the broadest level, domain reselling and
all speculation surrounding domain names should be outlawed
outright. ICANN doesn't as a rule tell end users how to
(not) use their domains. However there is an argument to be
made that speculative behaviour hurts all non-speculative
users by increasing pricing.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thoughts?<br>
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<div dir="auto">Sent from my Pixel 3XL<br>
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John Laprise, Ph.D.</div>
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