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I tend to agree with GeorgeK's sentiments ... regardless of what happens with the other registries, if such a pricing scheme was attempted with .com, there would be an outcry like never seen before in the domain name realm; scads of lawsuits by both small and large entities alike.
On a related note, such pricing proposals, if ever inacted, would be done at the registry level, not the registrar level - changing registrars would be of no consequence; this is what makes such proposals so scary - there's no competition and no alternative other to pay whatever; in effect, legal extortion.
Anyways, again as GeorgeK points out, Sitefinder is a prime example of how stuff that flys in other registries won't be tolerated in .com.
In the short term, such variable pricing proposals, even if they go nowhere, make .COM domains even more valuable ... people, in particular business, dislike uncertainty ... with .biz, .info, etc the perception will increasingly be that it's a real crapshoot the future costs of owning such domains ... while with .com, one can be quite confident that such a pricing scheme will likely never happen, and thus makes .com domains even more sought; valuable.
Ron
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