Thanks. I now understand what your issues are.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig McTaggart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 3:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Regulation? [Was: Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power
Politics and
the N ew Internet Order]
Since there is no competition yet, NSI has not done anything
to hinder
it. However, converting what has been considered an
Internet community
resource into a marketing opportunity, and asserting
proprietary rights
in the information collected through the InterNIC, are
indicative of a
willingness to take advantage of the uniquely privileged
position which
NSI has enjoyed with respect to the currently-popular TLDs.
NSI's
anti-trust lawyers would be able to explain far more
accurately than me
how NSI has done nothing to hinder competition, as a matter
of law.
It's the principle of the thing, and the way the Internet is
currently
run, it's a principle that matters. But, in a prospectively
competitive
market, I suppose you do what you have to do.
Craig McTaggart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Craig,
>
> What was done by NSI to hinder competition?
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig McTaggart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 12:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Regulation? [Was: Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power
Politics and
> the N ew Internet Order]
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Roberto,
> >
> > Please help me understand your thinking.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roberto Gaetano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> <snip>
> >
> > But something happened, that I would call the "uncle
> > Scroogy" syndrome: the
> > recent actions from NSi seem to me more in the direction
of
> > keeping the
> > monopoly than preparing for the new competitive market
that
> > will
> > (eventually) rise from this monopolistic situation.
> >
> > (Text deleted)
>
> Indeed, NSI *is* preparing for the new competitive market,
by exploiting
> its position as the incumbent to make competition as
difficult as
> possible. This is pretty standard stuff in formerly
monopolized
> industries, long distance and local telecom come to mind.
Former
> monopolists have no incentive to facilitate competition,
so regulators
> have to force them to. The FCC and CRTC's attempts to
open up telecom
> markets to competition are illustrative. The tricky
question here is
> whether there is a regulator with enough clout to *force*
competition.
> This can't all come as news, Chuck. Now if you could help
me understand
> NSI's thinking, if it isn't as described above.
>
> Craig McTaggart
> Graduate Student
> University of Toronto
> Faculty of Law
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
