I wanted to share with you all an interesting document on the Registry - Registrar separation (cross-ownership) issue.
The first 8 pages of the document is the letter to the ICANN Board from PIR, Afilias, and Neustar explaining why it might not be in the public interest to allow Registrars to become Registries. I have not heard convincing arguments on the other side of this issue, but am certainly open to it, and it if anyone has any opinions on this issue, one way or another, please speak up.
This is an issue coming up at ICANN in the next few months so we should begin some reading and discussion of this issue so we can take a constituency position in the coming weeks.
Thanks,
Robin
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Robin Gross, Executive Director
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