VeriSign and RegistryPro submitted minority opinions on the gTLD Registry Constituency Supermajority opinion to ICANN on April 13, 2009 regarding Registry-Registrar Separation.

The minority opinions favors Registry-Registrar Separation and reads, in part:

"We believe that in order to promote a competitive marketplace between TLDs, the Registry/Registrar Cross-Ownership rule must be applied in a uniform manner. This requires that the current rules be refined to eliminate existing loopholes by (i) adopting a clear definition of “affiliates”; and (ii) imposing consistency in the ownership restrictions faced by registries in owning registrars by applying the same restriction to registrars owning registries. Limiting Registry/Registrar cross-ownership promotes a level playing field."

The submission of the comments can be found at http://forum.icann.org/lists/2gtld-transition/msg00018.html

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