[council] Friendly amendment to Vertical Integration Motion
Avri Doria
avri at psg.com
Thu Sep 24 04:23:35 UTC 2009
Hi,
With the acceptance of friendly amendments, is there a second for this
motion at this point?
I have updated the wiki version. Please confirm that I have it
correctly before the meeting.
thanks
a.
On 23 Sep 2009, at 21:53, Mary Wong wrote:
> Hi all
>
> NCUC accepts the amendment as friendly.
>
> Thanks,
> Mary
>
> Mary W S Wong
> Professor of Law
> Franklin Pierce Law Center
> Two White Street
> Concord, NH 03301
> USA
> Email: mwong at piercelaw.edu
> Phone: 1-603-513-5143
> Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php
> Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network
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>
>
> >>> "Rosette, Kristina" <krosette at cov.com> 9/23/2009 9:19 PM >>>
> All,
>
> Set forth below is a proposed friendly amendment to the Vertical
> Integration Motion.
>
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> Whereas, Recommendation 19 of the GNSO policy authorizing the new
> gTLD process states: "Registries must use only ICANN accredited
> registrars in registering domain names and may not discriminate
> among such accredited registrars;"
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> Whereas, opening up the market to many new TLD operators may call
> into question some of the assumptions on which the separation of
> registry and registrar functions is based;
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> Whereas, economic research commissioned by ICANN staff also suggests
> that changes in these assumptions might be justified;
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> Whereas, the new gTLD policies passed by the Council do not provide
> any guidance regarding the proper approach to cross ownership and
> vertical integration, but instead implicitly suggest that the status
> quo be left in place;
>
> Resolved: the GNSO Council hereby requests the preparation of an
> Issues Report on future changes in vertical integration and cross-
> ownership between gTLD registrars and registries, to assist in
> determining whether a PDP should be initiated regarding what
> policies would best serve to promote competition and to protect
> users and registrants.
>
> -*-
>
> For convenience, I've copied below a redline of the proposed
> amendment against the motion as originally put forth.
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