On Private Resolution of Contention Sets (including Private Auctions) Instead of entirely banning private resolutions, certain prohibitions could be included in the Applicant Guidebook, Terms and Conditions, and in the Registry Agreement to the effect that participation in a private resolution (including private auction) where applicants obtain financial benefit from withdrawing their applications would result in a cancellation of the application (if discovered during the application process) or forfeiture of the TLD (if discovered after the TLD is awarded). Further, the suggested mechanism of raising application fees to discourage speculative applications is unsound as a higher application fee would have a negative impact on the ability of certain legitimate applicants to apply for TLDs.Regards,.IN Registry - NIXI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [NIXI is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixiindia & Twitter: @inregistry ] This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------