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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you want to ban something you need to define what it is.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I run a business, so do a lot of you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By your rather vague definition any markup beyond cost would be forbidden, which is ludicrous.
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<p class="MsoNormal">John McCormack has answered at greater length, but suffice to say that if there’s an “issue” that needs to be addressed then it needs to be defined clearly and narrowly so that it can be discussed and addressed.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michele<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Mr Michele Neylon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Blacknight Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href="https://www.blacknight.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.blacknight.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href="http://blacknight.blog/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://blacknight.blog/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Personal blog: <a href="https://michele.blog/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://michele.blog/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Some thoughts: <a href="https://ceo.hosting/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ceo.hosting/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">John Laprise <jlaprise@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday 8 May 2019 at 04:01<br>
<b>To: </b>Michele Neylon <michele@blacknight.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>CPWG <cpwg@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [GTLD-WG] [CPWG] Reflections on registry agreement renewals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is a tough one and probably like the famous definition of pornography in the US: "I know it when I see it."
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Simply though, buying domains for the express purpose of reselling them at a profit. At some level, this practice raises the cost to end users.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my Pixel 3XL<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, May 7, 2019, 1:59 AM Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Mr Michele Neylon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Blacknight Solutions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Hosting, Colocation & Domains</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href="https://www.blacknight.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.blacknight.com/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href="http://blacknight.blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://blacknight.blog/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Personal blog: <a href="https://michele.blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://michele.blog/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Some thoughts: <a href="https://ceo.hosting/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ceo.hosting/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">GTLD-WG <<a href="mailto:gtld-wg-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-wg-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> on behalf of John Laprise <<a href="mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com" target="_blank">jlaprise@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday 6 May 2019 at 13:47<br>
<b>To: </b>CPWG <<a href="mailto:cpwg@icann.org" target="_blank">cpwg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[GTLD-WG] [CPWG] Reflections on registry agreement renewals</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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