I think you could say that about 99% of the new gTLDs. Didn’t they recently ask for a reduction in fees? J. Scott Evans 408.536.5336 (tel) 345 Park Avenue, Mail Stop W11-544 Director, Associate General Counsel 408.709.6162 (cell) San Jose, CA, 95110, USA Adobe. Make It an Experience. jsevans@adobe.com www.adobe.com On 4/14/17, 2:54 PM, "gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org on behalf of George Kirikos" <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org on behalf of icann@leap.com> wrote: Just to correct my prior email, .pro technically wasn't a "sponsored" TLD. But, the other ones that were sponsored weren't very successful (.post, .aero, .asia, .jobs. mobi, .xxx etc.). Sincerely, George On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 4:47 PM, George Kirikos <icann@leap.com> wrote: > Hi J. Scott, > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 4:22 PM, J. Scott Evans via gnso-rpm-wg > <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> wrote: >> My suggestion would be that either we have sponsored TLDs with up front verification or we have a challenge system whereby the challenging party that wants to us the string for a non-infringing purpose could obtain the domain name; provided, however that their use was subject to the requirement that they stick to the stated non-infringing purpose. Failure to do so is a breach of the TOS and the Registry would takedown the domain name if it received a valid complaint. Similar to DMCA. > > We're trying to achieve the same result, which I see as promising. > > With respect, it's unfortunate that sponsored TLDs turned out be a > disaster. Either they were outright gamed (e.g. people renting out > their ".pro" qualifications/credentials/whatever), or domains were > mopped up by insiders (e.g. .travel), etc. > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdomainnamewi... > > With a "challenge" system, what if there were multiple challengers? > Who gets the domain name? What if the sunrise registrant wants the > domain name more than the "challenger(s)" does(do)? Who gets it? > > What I proposed (auction system in landrush, which is how landrushes > tend to operate anyhow; i.e. just eliminate the sunrise and go > straight to landrush) is entire neutral and "clean." The answers to > the above questions are simple: money. > > No need to reinvent the wheel here. Money has always been the way to > solve these allocation issues for scarce resources. Once you start > interfering in that (to suggest that someone is "more deserving" of > the asset), it invites the gaming we're seeing. > > It'd be interesting to know the stats on average domains registered in > sunrise, by the way, if anyone has those handy. i.e. we know that on > average 130 per TLD are registered in sunrise. How many more are being > registered in landrush, on average? > > Sincerely, > > George Kirikos > 416-588-0269 > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leap.com... _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmm.icann.or...