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Good luck!! LIVES NEGOTIATION EXERCISE CONFIDENTIAL ROLE INFORMATION FOR MANAGER OF INTERNET DEVELOPMENT, -LCA, INC. Overview In this negotiation exercise you are taking on the role of Manager of Internet Development at Lights, Camera, Action! Inc (LCA, Inc). Please read the information below to learn about the situation you are facing, and an opportunity that has arisen. After, read the instructions for completing the negotiation exercise. The Situation It is exactly two weeks before the staging of the world's largest musical event ever - the LIVE8 concerts. At ten locations around the globe, one hundred of the world's hottest performing artists and groups will participate in an event that would not only make musical history, but also promote social justice on a global scale. The event's organizers hope that income from ticket sales, sponsorships, concessions, revenue from commercials and broadcasting, proceeds from CD and online music sales and donations will reach $200 million, to be used to reduce poverty and promote development in Africa. In addition, the organizers are aiming the event and its worldwide support at the leaders of the richest countries in the world, collectively known as the "G7", who will be gathering in Edinburgh, Scotland four days after LIVE8 begins. LIVE8 promoters will demand that the world's richest nations cancel the African states debts, double current aid packages for Africa and provide a fair system of trade laws for developing Africa's economy. The event will culminate in a mass pilgrimage to Edinburgh, with a huge concert taking place to coincide with the G7 summit. Your Role and Responsibilities You are the manager of the Internet Development Department at LCA, Inc., the production firm handling the technical arrangements and public relations issues for the event. Your company is charged with everything from booking stadiums for the concerts to making sure Elton John's plane arrives on time. As manager of the internet development department, you play a key role in the LIVES concerts going off without a hitch. For the past year, you have designed the perfect network capable of supporting the event, centering on the event's website at www.liveSlive.com. The organizers hope to have two billion viewers and the only way to reach that many people is through the Net. The website also enables people to learn about the event and its goals, to see the lineup of artists, and view media clips about the effects of poverty in Africa. It enables fans to learn about the 6:56 7 Done Attachment taking place to coincide with the G7 summit. Your Role and Responsibilities You are the manager of the Internet Development Department at LCA, Inc., the production firm handling the technical arrangements and public relations issues for the event. Your company is charged with everything from booking stadiums for the concerts to making sure Elton John's plane arrives on time. As manager of the internet development department, you play a key role in the LIVES concerts going off without a hitch. For the past year, you have designed the perfect network capable of supporting the event, centering on the event's website at www.live8live.com. The organizers hope to have two billion viewers and the only way to reach that many people is through the Net. The website also enables people to learn about the event and its goals, to see the lineup of artists, and view media clips about the effects of poverty in Africa. It enables fans to learn about the different ways to participate in the event, information on how to obtain tickets, and most importantly (on the financial side), serves as a shop for everything from special event packages to t-shirts. You have linked the domain name with every major search engine and news service; nobody can type in concert" or "Live8" without immediately being linked to your site. In addition, the website serves as the hub for the organizers' internal communication network, serving the thousands of people working on the project. Catastrophe! Last week, disaster struck. A Detroit band named LiveSLive challenged your use of the domain name live8live.com, claiming rightful ownership of the domain name under the rules of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body which governs the use of Internet domain names. The band filed suit with ICANN to evict you from the domain and have it transferred to them. You tried to buy them off for a few thousand dollars, but you found out that the band members were furious at the LIVES organizers for refusing their offer to appear at the U.S. concert. Worse, the ICANN arbitrator decided in their favor, and according to his verdict, you must stop using the domain one week from today. There is no appeal process - the verdict is final. Losing the domain name could be cataclysmic! The only way to control the damage is to immediately obtain a domain name as clear and simple as possible (eg., live8.com or live.org), and work 24/7 rebuilding paths leading Internet wanderers to the website. This work can't begin until the new domain name is registered as yours; each day it takes to do so will cost you thousands of people unable to find the site. Options Unfortunately, the owners of nearly all other similar domain names had either their own "rightful ownership challenges to deal with, or worse, had heard of your predicament and were asking for millions of dollars for use of the domain. 6:56 Done Attachment wnt ges au , band filed suit with ICANN to evict you from the domain and have it transferred to them. You tried to buy them off for a few thousand dollars, but you found out that the band members were furious at the LIVES organizers for refusing their offer to appear at the U.S. concert. Worse, the ICANN arbitrator decided in their favor, and according to his verdict, you must stop using the domain one week from today. There is no appeal process - the verdict is final. Losing the domain name could be cataclysmic! The only way to control the damage is to immediately obtain a domain name as clear and simple as possible leg., live8.com or lives.org), and work 24/7 rebuilding paths leading Internet wanderers to the website. This work can't begin until the new domain name is registered as yours, each day it takes to do so will cost you thousands of people unable to find the site. Options Unfortunately, the owners of nearly all other similar domain names had either their own rightful ownership" challenges to deal with, or worse, had heard of your predicament and were asking for millions of dollars for use of the domain. This infuriated you. You are willing to pay for a site, but this is sheer ransom! You refuse to make things worse by paying so much money for second-rate domain names, worth no more than a couple of hundred dollars any other time. You have one million dollars left in your department's budget, and are willing to spend it all if necessary - although it would be nice to save as much as you can. Your boss has told you he could come up with two hundred thousand dollars more. The event's board of organizers would probably give you any amount of money you need in order to save the event. However, this would be viewed as a professional failure on the part of you and your company and might also spell the end of your career. Time is running out as you turn to your last option, Live.org. The address takes you to an under construction page, but you find out that the domain name was registered by someone in Turkey. You sent them an e-mail, saying you are interested in the site and asking whether they were indeed the owner. You receive an answer that yes, you have reached the owner and what did you want. You are ready to negotiate - and just hope they are as well! See the next page to find out with whom you will be negotiating! Negotiation Assignment #1 LCA Manager - Pairings! You must contact your Negotiation Partner ASAP. . Be sure to have completed your Negotiation Planning