[metasj]

Ah, thanks -- you're right, the second is prohibited; corrected. The first seems fine per 2.10(c) as long as the registrant agrees on first registration that renewals will be expensive.

[mlyle]

Registrant can negotiate with ICANN to make their own terms at expiration of the agreement.

[ohashi]

ICANN has no spine and is captured, so it probably will happen. And now with .ORG doing this, we're going to see .COM next.