Minor correction: WorldNIC is not the NSI registrar, it is
just a portion of the NSI registrar and a relatively small
one at that. WorldNIC (or Registration Plus as it is now
called) covers only the web based name reservation process.
Most registrations still occur via the email process.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard J. Sexton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 6:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IFWP] The NTIA take on all this
At 01:28 PM 4/25/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Dan Steinberg wrote:
>>
>>It is true that NSI the registry will be indemnified (to
the extent
>>permissible by law which is not 100% due to some public
policy
>>considerations). But NSI the registrar will still be
subject to
>>lawsuits just as the AOL and the various submembers of
CORE.
>>
>>So at the registrar level there is no unfair competition.
>
>OK, thanks. It gets very confusing with NSI being on both
sides of the
>table, as registry AND registrar. I still believe that
structure sets up
>an inherently inequitable situation at the registrar level,
as customers
>are most likely (a) to remain with the incumbent, and (b)
to go with the
>one that gives an appearance of having the closest, most
direct connection
>with the registry.
It's easy to conceptualzie. Just pretend the AOL .COM
registrar is
working over in a corner of NSI. Thats Worldnic, the rest
of ther
stuff is the nsi registry.
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