Did You Know? No Policy Against Registry-Registrar Cross-Ownership

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ICANN has never had a formal policy against registry-registrar cross-ownership. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded to European Commission Commissioner Neelie Kroes on the issue of cross ownership between domain name registrars and registries, also know as vertical integration. Kroes sent a letter to Beckstrom in June expressing concern over vertical integration and potential competition [...]

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