Hopefully our private protections subteam will be able to shed some light on the utilization of registry blocking services. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VLawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey Sent from my iPad On Aug 9, 2017, at 11:51 AM, claudio di gangi <ipcdigangi@gmail.com<mailto:ipcdigangi@gmail.com>> wrote: George, I agree with you on the need for objective data and metrics, which all too often is sorely lacking in gTLD policy development. As per my previous note, what are your thoughts on how to calculate-in the effect of blocking services on the analysis of the number of Sunrise registrations? If "example.newgTLD" is 'registered' through a blocking service - such as the DPML , that domain is not registered during Sunrise across hundreds of gTLDs operated by the registry. In fact, the blocked domain represents the ultimate form of a defensive registration because it can not be used, and therefore no incremental benefits may accrue to the registrant (however slight). I believe the issue is further complicated because we do not know how many domains have been blocked in this manner through these services. Thanks! Best, Claudio On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:28 AM George Kirikos <icann@leap.com<mailto:icann@leap.com>> wrote: Hello, On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Susan Payne <susan.payne@valideus.com<mailto:susan.payne@valideus.com>> wrote:
A handful of gamers does not equal a failing policy. Let's spend our time fruitfully addressing the gaming, rather than endlessly recirculating this argument.
But, 130 sunrise registrations per TLD equals a "successful" policy? The *proportion* of gaming is a huge factor, combined with the absolute level of uptake, to tip the scales here, as well as the costs to other prospective legitimate registrants from jumping the queue. What exactly is the standard for a "failed" policy at ICANN? As Jeremy rightly stated, the evidence should not be ignored. For far too long, ICANN has not defined any "success" or "fail" metrics, and that must change. I can see why every sunrise is a "success" if part of your business is built upon consulting revenue for sunrises: https://valideus.com/services/validation-services but most folks can easily adjust to a landrush-only system, instead, which is clearly superior overall. While some "sunrise consultants" might lose out, just as buggy whip producers went out of business, everyone else was better off -- that's progress. Indeed, some sunrise consultants might become "landrush consultants" instead... Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/ _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg