Re: [lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] Registrants could save lots of money - Verisign Makesthe Case

As discussed earlier, because of unregulated  registrars and large scale 
speculation,the current price-caps  ofVerisign do not benefit end-users at all. 
Of course, there is no  doubt that Verisign is speaking for its own commercial 
interests. However,  they are telling the truth, at least this time.

As a matter of fact, I do not seeANY  justification for the DNS industry's 
registry-registrar two-layered  structure. It is well known that, the more 
layers, the more  overhead. Thus, instead of preventing speculation and 
protecting  end-users, this two-layered structure addes unnecessary overhead 
ending up  higher prices for end-users.

 
Also as discussed earlier, this structure has been in  place for a long time, 
and is even within ICANN's Bylaw. However, if we  cannot find an effective 
way of protecting end-users, there could be ways to do  so within the framework 
of ICANN Bylaws. For example, ICANN could allow  registries, e.g., Verisign, to 
increase there price to registrars bya  certain percentage periodically while 
picking up service obligations to  end-users. This will effectively 
"squeeze out" registrars and eventually  merge the two layers into 
one. Furthermore, this will eventually reach a  market equalibrim without 
speculation or overheadsto  end-users.

Digging even deeper, the question  is, who created and owns domain names? In 
previous discussions, I compared  them with land. Land is not created by 
governments, but by Nature for all  mankind. When peoplewant to use land for 
themselves, initially they  follow the rules of "finder, keeper" etc. 
by claiming ownership. From  there on, land can be circulated according to 
market rules and  regulations. In this process, governments merely play the 
role of a  manager to keep land ownerships and usage in order.

Similarly, domain names and any character strings are  created by languages, 
just like addresses are created by the numerical  system. Only when people want 
to use them, ownerships will be claimed by  registrants. ICANN and the entire 
DNS industry never created them and do  not own them, but only manage them to 
keep them in order. Fees are  collectedfor their management just like property 
tax, instead of  rentfor landlords.

As I see, this concept should be established among the  DNS industry as well as 
within ICANN.

Kaili



  
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  Carlton Samuels 
To: CPWG ; lac-discuss-en@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  ; At-Large Worldwide 
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 5:13  AM
Subject: [At-Large] Registrants could save  lots of money - Verisign Makesthe 
Case
 
and breadcrumb the money trail.....
 
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20181102_how_much_could_businesses_and_consumers_save_if_dot_com_price_cap/
 
 
-Carlton
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