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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I see a lot of good discussion on the substance of the recommendations (or lack thereof) and the merits of the substance in the report. While this is great, can I ask that these types of discussions be moved over to your responses filed
during the Public Comment period as opposed to comments on the Initial Report.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheryl and I will send around another note on this in the next 24 hours, but lets please focus on the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Does the Initial Report reflect the conversations that took place within the Working Group or in the Work Tracks?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Are there any positions that were actually expressed either in the CC1 or CC2 comments periods and/or in the actual discussions of the Working Group/Work Tracks that are not reflected
in the Initial Report; Or are the positions that are expressed inaccurate.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Are the questions presented for public comment clear, concise and likely to evoke the types of responses that will be useful to the Working Group in finalizing recommendations on the
specific subject matter.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On the full Working Group call this week there were some really good comments from Anne, Christopher, Kristina and others on the types of things we are looking for. Namely, comments on what certain terms we used meant and that we needed
a preamble of sorts discussing the approach we are taking for the initial report in general. Those are really the types of things we want to hear right now as we release more sections of the report.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The types of things that we would <u>not </u>necessarily need at this point (although they are great in comments back during the public comment period) are (1) we like (or don’t like) where the Work Track came out on an issue, (2) We should
have addressed issues x, y and z, (3) we disagree with comments that were made during deliberations. Again, they are important in responses back to the Initial Report during the public comment period, but they are not helpful for us in getting the Initial
Report out in an manner that reflects the discussions that actually did take place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope that makes sense.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 12, 2018 8:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> michele@blacknight.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Deliberations and Recommendations - CW comments<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Except that such transparency was not, and still is not, being enforced by ICANN. <o:p></o:p></p>
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On Apr 12, 2018, at 4:35 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"><span lang="EN-GB">Wasn’t pricing and why attempting to regulate it already discussed to death in the last round?</span><o:p></o:p></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">Gnso-newgtld-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Maxim Alzoba
<<a href="mailto:m.alzoba@gmail.com">m.alzoba@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 12 April 2018 at 09:13<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> Wilkinson" <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>>, Christopher Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:cw@christopherwilkinson.eu">cw@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Deliberations and Recommendations - CW comments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody">Dear Christopher, <o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">I'd like to make a comment and a note.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">1. a note about pricing for premium domains - 'picket fence' protects both registries and registrars from influence of policies on pricing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">(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></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">2. a comment on "Registry would be taking advantage of its monopoly over their TLD in question in an unjustifiably discriminatory manner."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Registrants are free to choose another TLDs, if they are not happy with the terms of the particular ones. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">So assumptions that Registries are monopolists are not established facts and we can not use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely Yours,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">On 11 Apr 2018, at 23:51,
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Allow me to amplify and confirm my few Chat comments during the conference call last Monday afternoon, 9 April 2018.<br>
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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>
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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>
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1.<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Rollout: It would be helpful to have information about how many new TLDs have still not been implemented, and why.<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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2. Contractual compliance - pricing for premium domains.<br>
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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.
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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>
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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>
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3. Contractual compliance – enforceability of representations<br>
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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>
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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>
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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.
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