<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">Yup, Volkswagen owes its buyers nothing. Who needs any of this consumer protection nonsense anywhere? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Sheesh. <br><br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote" >On Dec 10, 2015, at 08:33, Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue"><br><br>On 09-Dec-15 17:56, Christopher Wilkinson wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> More generally, TLD policy should protect the Registrant. Apparently that is not part of the new gTLD deal. Or is it?<br></blockquote><br>To an extent. Contractual conditions, consensus policies, predictable<br>processes, adherence to the law. We certainly need more privacy<br>protection &c. Some of us even want to go so far as to make sure the<br>registrants' human rights are protected.<br><br>Beyond that are registrants to be protected from all consequences of<br>their purchasing choices? Why? If I pay money for something that turns<br>out to be less that I hoped it would be, as so often happens, why should<br>I be protected from that? Businesses fail. And when they do, their<br>loyal customers are affected as well.<br><br>avri<br><br>avri<br><br><br><br>---<br>This em!
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