Re: [policy] When Tech Meets Policy...

[Carl Karsten <carl () personnelware com>]

Chris L. Morrow wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Steve Atkins 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?
> > If grandma-jones orders custom stationery and doesn't
> > manage to spell her name correctly, she'll end up with
> > misspelled stationery. The main difference is that
> > a misspelled domain name is likely to be a much cheaper
> > mistake than misspelled stationery.
>
> I picked on example, there have been plenty of examples in the past of
> folks just barely able to come up with 7$/yr for domain registration and
> using donated hosting for their non-profit thing. I think the root isue
> is: there is consumer protection today in the purchase system, do we want
> to remove that in the future. Or do we want to find another method to
> crack down on this problem without hurting consumers?

Assuming a change takes place (which I doubt, but will ignore)  I bet a small 
non refundable fee (like $1) would drastically reduce the problem.

Carl K