<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>While not mentioned in this thread, the only valid pricing concern I saw over the years is that while registries are obliged to inform registrars in advance the raising of renewal prices, the same doesn't happen with registrars and registrants. So a registrant that might prefer to anticipate renewals might not be informed of the upcoming raise. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But since this out of scope of GNSO policies, that's possibly something to raise when RAA is amended. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Em 12 de abr de 2018, à(s) 12:46:000, Rob Hall <<a href="mailto:rob@momentous.com" class="">rob@momentous.com</a>> escreveu:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Can someone explain to me what the concern is about transparency on price ?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Registries publish their pricing to their clients, the Registrars. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Registrars set whatever price they want for Registrants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Are we concerned about transparency of a Registrar not knowing what price a Registry is charging them ?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Or are we concerned that a Registrant can’t tell what price their Registrar is charging them ?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="EmailStyle22" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">Rob</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Vanda Scartezini <<a href="mailto:vanda@scartezini.org" class="">vanda@scartezini.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:41 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" class="">michele@blacknight.com</a>>, Maxim Alzoba <<a href="mailto:m.alzoba@gmail.com" class="">m.alzoba@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Deliberations and Recommendations - CW comments<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a name="_MailOriginalBody" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class="">Any regulation on price will lead to Cartel organizations and corruption associated to it. Agree that transparency is the only demand we shall make related to pricing and from my view majority of it is in the contract words.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class="">Best to all</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 145, 147);" class="">Vanda Scartezini</span></i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 145, 147);" class="">Polo Consultores Associados</span></i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 145, 147);" class="">Av. 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color: rgb(0, 145, 147);" class="">Sorry for any typos. </span></i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></span><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" class="">michele@blacknight.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 06:35<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Maxim Alzoba <<a href="mailto:m.alzoba@gmail.com" class="">m.alzoba@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Deliberations and Recommendations - CW comments</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Wasn’t pricing and why attempting to regulate it already discussed to death in the last round?</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">I have some recollection of this.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">I think the key thing with regard to pricing is transparency, which is already baked into the contracts.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Regards</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Michele</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="" class="">Personal blog: <a href="https://michele.blog/" class="">https://michele.blog/</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="" class="">Some thoughts: <a href="https://ceo.hosting/" class="">https://ceo.hosting/</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="" class="">-------------------------------</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="" class="">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="" class="">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></span><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Maxim Alzoba <<a href="mailto:m.alzoba@gmail.com" class="">m.alzoba@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday 12 April 2018 at 09:13<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" class="">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> Wilkinson" <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" class="">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>>, Christopher Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:cw@christopherwilkinson.eu" class="">cw@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Deliberations and Recommendations - CW comments</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Dear Christopher, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">I'd like to make a comment and a note.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">1. a note about pricing for premium domains - 'picket fence' protects both registries and registrars from influence of policies on pricing <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(also direct price regulation from ICANN will lead to investigations of anti-monopoly agencies around the world[in some countries it will constitute a crime])<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">2. a comment on "Registry would be taking advantage of its monopoly over their TLD in question in an unjustifiably discriminatory manner."<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Fact that a particular company has a monopoly can be established only by the relevant market regulator.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Registrants are free to choose another TLDs, if they are not happy with the terms of the particular ones. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">So assumptions that Registries are monopolists are not established facts and we can not use it.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Sincerely Yours,<br class=""><br class="">Maxim Alzoba<br class="">Special projects manager,<br class="">International Relations Department,<br class="">FAITID<br class=""><br class="">m. +7 916 6761580(+whatsapp)</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">skype oldfrogger</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Current UTC offset: +3.00 (.Moscow)</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">On 11 Apr 2018, at 23:51,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wilkinson <</span><a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</span><span class=""></span></a><span class="">> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Good evening:<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><br class="">Allow me to amplify and confirm my few Chat comments during the conference call last Monday afternoon, 9 April 2018.<br class=""><br class="">In general the working document (1.12 Deliberations etc .) is an excursion into a working method with which I am quite unfamiliar, so I ask those of you who have this for your bread-and-butter to bear with me for a little while. I also have noted that the document is in the form of questions for discussion and not recommendations at this stage. So I hope that some of my comments may still be taken into account.<br class=""><br class="">Indeed, at some points, I find the drafting on some issues rather uncertain; there are ambiguities and options that - from the point of view of a rather more conventional approach – might be described as loopholes. ICANN and GNSO will no doubt have gathered that the next 'round' will be scrutinised by third parties far more thoroughly than was the case in 2004 or 2012. More specifically:<br class=""><br class="">1.<span class="apple-tab-span"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Rollout: It would be helpful to have information about how many new TLDs have still not been implemented, and why.<br class=""><br class="">For instance, after the 24 months allowed, it is not clear why “… extensions…should continue to be available according to the same terms and conditions as they were allowed during the 2012 round.”<br class=""><br class="">In a related question, “The Work Track was also careful to avoid drawing the conclusion that only having <nic.TLD> registered constituted 'squatting' or 'warehousing' “<br class=""><br class="">Taken together these two statements leave the strong impression that the Work Track would in practice accept squatting and warehousing of new TLDs. Was that intended?<br class=""><br class="">If there has been 'unwanted behaviour' – and the subsequent discussion suggests that there has been – then one might have expected a rather more proactive approach to discouraging such in the future.<br class=""><br class="">2. Contractual compliance - pricing for premium domains.<br class=""><br class="">The document discusses the issue of 'pricing for premium domains' but reports that 'The WT has not reached any conclusions on this issue'. Whereas it is quite likely that applicant representations and related authorisations would address prmium pricing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">For instance, in the case of a geographical name, there would normally be a presumption of non-discrimination between Registrants, such as towns or other communities, within that geo-TLD.<br class=""><br class="">More generally, ICANN might consider moving towards a policy whereby the economic 'rent' for a 'premium name' should accrue to the Registrant and not to the Registry. Otherwise it would appear that the Registry would be taking advantage of its monopoly over their TLD in question in an unjustifiably discriminatory manner.<br class=""><br class="">3. Contractual compliance – enforceability of representations<br class=""><br class="">The document reports that the WT considered a proposal 'that all applicant representations should be included in the registry agreement' and that 'There was no agreement … in support of this proposal.'<br class=""><br class="">This would appear to be a rather weak conclusion which might be queried at a later stage because it does not really respond to the four questions indicated under f. Deliberations.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">*<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">*<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">*<br class=""><br class="">The above is but a summary of the main concerns evoked by this section of the draft. I look forward to discussing these and other aspects in due course.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Christopher Wilkinson<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></blockquote><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg mailing list<br class=""></span><a href="mailto:Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><br class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><a href="mailto:Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" class="">Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg</a></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>