[CPWG] ALAC Advice to the ICANN Board on ISOC/PIR Issue

[Alan Levin]

Hi,

> On Jan 30, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > As anticipated in the chat during the call, I believe that there is one
> point that we might want to highlight.
> > Under “Observations” I would add something like:
> >
> > 3. .ORG is the only large gTLD that is committed to operate in the
> public interest
> > One of the reasons for ICANN to exist was to introduce competition in
> the DNS marketplace. It did so by splitting the registry and the registrar
> function, introducing competition at the registrar level, but also by
> re-delegating .ORG to a non-profit. This has ensured not only to have a
> champion of good practices, but also to increase competition because .ORG
> has a different business model, that is not oriented exclusively to
> maximisation of the profit. Disappearance of this alternative business
> model will substantially reduce the competition in the marketplace.
> >
> > I know that this is coming quite late, I am sorry for that.
> > However, this point might be relevant because it hints that ICANN is not
> fulfilling its obligation of fostering competition if it allows the
> disappearance of an alternative business model for a registry.
>
> I agree that that’s an excellent point, and should be included.
>

Me too, I agree!
I was on the founding Board of the PIR, it was very sad news to hear about
the "deal"...

hth

aL


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