On 28/04/2022 01:56, Holly Raiche wrote:
Thanks John
AS I said in the chat, this raises important issues.
The standout for me is clearly that ccTLD registrations are not covered by RAA/RA agreements with their safeguards. Think of the work CPWG has done on the EPDP on data protection - and whether/to what extent/ decisions will bind ccTLD operators. Or think the transfer policy and the discussions on the safeguards that we are supporting.
Maybe we need a discussion on the consumer protections CPWG has been working on - and the extent to which they will be in place globally.
A charter of universal registrant rights would be a good thing, Holly, The problem with ccTLDs is that the market is even more complex than gTLDs in that some registries are both registry and sole registrar, others have a conventional registry-registrar model and some of the repurposed ccTLDs have outsourced their registry/registrar operations. Some of the ccTLDs are well ahead of the gTLDs in terms of registrant rights and procedures but others are not due to their zones being quite small. At one of end of the ccTLD market, there are players like .DE, .UK and .CN with millions of registrations. At the other, there are small ccTLD registries with a few thousand registrations and still being run from the Computer Science departments of universities. For one of the monthly reports that I publish, I had to identify web hosing brands based on the ccTLD registrars (difficult), gTLD registrars (easy enough). While there are only around 800 retail gTLD registrars, there are thousands of ccTLD registrars. The hosting brands (registrars and large brands) cover approximately 95% of .COM registrations. The off-registrar hosters cover approximately 24% of the market. Most of the ccTLD registries have their own ways of doing things but they might be open to a discussion on the matter. It would be a diplomatic nightmare as ccTLD registries are very different to gTLD registries. Regards...jmcc -- ********************************************************** John McCormac * e-mail: jmcc@hosterstats.com MC2 * web: http://www.hosterstats.com/ 22 Viewmount * Domain Registrations Statistics Waterford * Domnomics - the business of domain names Ireland * https://amzn.to/2OPtEIO IE * Skype: hosterstats.com ********************************************************** -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus