[registrars] Comment Period On .biz/.info/.org Agreements
John Berryhill
john at johnberryhill.com
Fri Aug 25 12:16:28 UTC 2006
The comment period expires on Monday:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28jul06.htm
Network Solutions has posted some well-considered comments here:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/biz-tld-agreement/msg00022.html
>The existing .org, .biz and .info registry agreements contain
>pricing controls on registry services that the proposed renewals
>would lift, without explanation or analysis. Instead, ICANN
>staff merely asserts that the proposed lifting of these price
>controls came after "extensive consideration and discussion."
Oddly, pricing structure was a consideration in the initial proposals for
.biz and .info.
If, acting on behalf of a community of stakeholders, ICANN periodically puts
these contracts out for re-bid, an agreed price in a contract is not a
"price control", but merely the contracted price for the services offered.
Buying into the rhetorical device of calling a contract price a "price
control" is an implicit acceptance of the manner in which the discussion has
been subtly re-framed.
John B. Berryhill
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