While the new regime ends NSI's monopoly over the award of top-level domain names, the Commission is concerned that highly restrictive provisions in its licensing agreements with companies wanting to enter the market for domain-name registration will discourage competition.

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While pre-registration is recommended, visitors can still enter to play on the day of the tournament for the individual or team competition, but arrive before 10 am for the best chance of scoring a spot on the schedule.

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The open registration system is flawed because 13-year-olds cannot enter a contract or legally consent to their data being used, it was argued.

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He said that Facebook's open registration system was flawed because 13-year-olds cannot enter a contract or legally consent to their data being used.

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