[98560] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [policy] When Tech Meets Policy...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris L. Morrow)
Mon Aug 13 15:08:28 2007
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:44:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Chris L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@verizonbusiness.com>
In-reply-to: <94285207-0B0C-4C4A-81E7-1AE0391AB1F4@mail-abuse.org>
To: Douglas Otis <dotis@mail-abuse.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Douglas Otis wrote:
>
> On Aug 13, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Chris L. Morrow wrote:
>
> > So, to be clear folks want to make it much more difficult for
> > grandma-jones to return the typo'd: mygramdkids.com for
> > mygrandkids.com right?
>
> Grandma will still need to make a payment for the domain. Grandma is
> also unlikely to find a clause in her contract which removes a
> payment obligation after a few days. Provisions that enable domain
> tasting are unlikely to benefit individuals.
but today that provision is: If you buy a domain you have 5 days to
'return' it. The reason behind the return could be: "oops, I typo'd" or
"hurray, please refund me for the 1M domains I bought 4.99 days ago!". The
'protect the consumer' problem is what's enabling tasting.
