I think if an analogy must be used, perhaps the closest one would be (in US centric terms) a county registrar of deeds authorized by state law to charge a flat $6.00 fee for each deed registered, who decides since (s)he has a monopoly on the registrations of deeds in that county (s)he should charge more to register deeds for high-value properties.
Actually though, using this analogy, the registrar of deeds is not charging more for the actual registration, but rather encouraging those who have their eyes on a specific piece of property to pay a kickback, and then should the property ever become eligible for public auction, it will instead be diverted to the payor of the highest kickback. They will still need to pay the registrar's office the $6.00 fee though, as the kickback went into the registrar's private account. This solves the problem of the high cost of public auctions borne by the county, which are inefficient forms of sale and tie up the sherrif's time and energy. (Not to mention that some prospective buyers may not be able to personally attend the auction) John [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kai Schaetzl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [ga] VeriSign Proposal a Done Deal?? > The tenant comes along, antes up, the landlord > builds the building. The tenant commits to a year, then after a year, > decides to move out. The landlord still has the building that was built > to the tenant's specifications, and now wants to rent it out. > It just doesn't work out. ;-) Domains are virtual commodities (*if* they are commodities) and do not require any material input. Basically, it's a service and it's the rentor who makes one "service" more profitable than the other, not the registrar. Leasing "used" domain names at the registry level at a higher price is just perverse and greedy. There is a difference between this and a domain holder selling his domain off to another party. It's like the fed "selling" some $1 notes at $2 a bill because they once belonged to a millionaire. Kai -- Kai Sch�tzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org ClubWin - Help for Windows Users: http://www.clubwin.com --- Note from John - This email has been scanned for viruses before it was sent and is certified to be Virus Free to the extent that it can be verified by the virus scanning software used. As always, there are NO guarantees. You should always use extreme caution when opening mail that may contain malicious code and/or attachments. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.312 / Virus Database: 173 - Release Date: 12/31/01
