Re-sending TXT form of Proposed IDNA2008 Transition Idea

[Steve Crocker]

Patrik,

Thanks.  Let me say this a bit more carefully.  My wording was indeed  
imprecise.  The meaning I intended, particularly in the ICANN arena  
where the registries are restricted from initiating registrations, is  
that the registrar would registrar the variants on behalf of the  
existing registrant at no cost for a limited period of time.  This is,  
of course, a particular PR/marketing approach, which I am suggesting  
but not insisting on.  In this sense, it's exactly a plan that  
includes "PR/Marketing, pricing structure, and pure mechanics so that  
the registrants (and their customers) are surprised as little as  
possible."

Steve

On Dec 14, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Patrik Fältström wrote:

>
> On 14 dec 2009, at 20.37, Steve Crocker wrote:
>
>> First, each registry, in cooperation with its registrars, could use  
>> the sunrise period to register all of the variants that are  
>> automatically mapped together under IDNA2003 but will become  
>> separate under IDNA2008.
>
> I would be careful with the wording. Having the registries and/or  
> registrars registering a domain name "on behalf of" their  
> registrants is a big no-no, and on top of this, there is not as far  
> as I know any information in the registered domain names whether the  
> registrant did envision the registered domain name as a mapping or  
> not.
>
> Because of this, the registration from my point of view during the  
> sunrise must be done on request from the registrant.
>
> What the registry and registrars should do is to come up with a plan  
> for the sunrise that also include PR/Marketing, pricing structure,  
> and pure mechanics so that the registrants (and their customers) are  
> surprised as little as possible.
>
>   Patrik
>
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