[gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items, Slides and Notes from the Working Group call held earlier today

[George Kirikos]

Hello,

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:11 AM, Beckham, Brian <brian.beckham at wipo.int> wrote:
> ·         The average number of sunrise registrations per new gTLD seems to
> be about 130
> (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cct-metrics-rpm-2016-06-27-en#2.8).
....
> For the former group, with an average of 130 registrations in Sunrise, even
> if we accept that some of those registrations take domain names from
> individuals wishing to engage in “free speech” it is difficult to see how
> much closer to zero we can realistically hope to get.

Given those stats, then they're actually demonstrating that the
*benefits* of the sunrise periods have been marginal, only attracting
on average 130 domain name registrations (and probably even fewer
unique registrants, given some large brand owners routinely register
multiple domains matching their marks in the sunrise periods). In
other words, the deleterious effects of eliminating it entirely will
only impact a relatively small number of domain name buyers (be they
legitimate defensive registrations by bona fide brand owners or
'gaming' registrations made by others).

Furthermore, the series of data observations presented so far
demonstrates a pattern of *at least* 30 or 40 strings that are
routinely being gamed in sunrises (it's possibly even higher, if
they've flown below the radar). 30 or 40 out of 130 would be a very
high percentage of 20%+ !!

Other benefits (besides the level playing field) of completely
eliminating the sunrise period would include:

1. lower costs for registry operators (i.e. no need to develop
technology to handle that separate registration period), and also
registrars; the savings can also be passed on to registrants

2. faster launch times for registry operators (this benefits all
registrants too, since they'll get their domain names earlier under
general availability).

Thank you for reminding us of the stats, Brian. They help to show that
the benefits of the sunrise period to a handful of organizations don't
exceed the costs imposed upon everyone else.

Another "Brian" (Scarpelli) later wrote that "edge use cases"
shouldn't drive overhaul. Well, 130 sunrise registrations seem like
"edge use cases" to me.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
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