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This sounds like the best way to introduce new TLDs. It will lessen the fear that a new TLD will be overrun by squatters and speculators (.info), or will falter at the start because of failed IP protection plans (.biz). .museum appears to be working really well, and due to the restricted nature of the TLD, should have less problems with cybersquatting.
I think the only way new tlds will be approved is under a restricted model like .museum, .coop, .aero. Too many problems on all sides with wide open tlds like .info & .biz. Restricted TLDs reduce the chances of squatters, and make trademark owners happy.
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Gosh, as long as trademark owners are happy...
Silly me, I thought the Internet was for all of us. Looks like the next big business will be registering trademarks...you won't be able to get a decent domain name without one.
Shelby Hudgens
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Who says .museum is doing well? I'm betting that it turns into nothing but a front for museum shops and catalogs.
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Take a look at the .museum site. There are many museums (not museum shops) using the domain. It looks like it will be a popular TLD for museums. This is a good model for how new TLDs should be introduced. Congrats to the .museum people.
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There is already at least one commercial store under .museum: http://metropolitan.art.museum/store/index.asp
In other words we are already seeing evidence that the .museum TLD is just a high-class wrapper and facade for retail sales outlets.
And what has this to do with "technical coordination" or the "stability" of the Internet?
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The store that mention is on a valid website for the MET in New York. The difference that you see with that these sites is they are used by museums and not squatters and speculators like in .biz and .info. .museum is already a success, and naysayers like you will always find something to belittle or gripe about. .museum= real websites & no squatters, .info= few real websites, lots of squatting.
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I was perhaps too intemperate in my comment about the ICANN BoD. I couldn't help it. Everyone from rock stars to athletes to professional wrestlers to, for all I know, the Royal Family, or for that matter, porn queens, has their own bobblehead dolls. It seems a perfect fit. Jonathan Cohen nodding off, other Board members agreeing to minutes they haven't read, or wide-ranging proposals like those regarding new TLDs that, at best, they've only scanned as the staff has provided them at the last minute. Perhaps this is a niche market for some speculator to sell via their khjrto87udsf2.org domain until someone meets their minimum asking bid of $75,000. OTOH, action figures are probably a non-starter. -g
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Yes, let's do just restricted TLDs. It makes sense, after all, we have to protect the market for .com and .info and .biz, as the owners of those registries were ICANN's biggest contributors. We can't allow any more competition for them!
Can anyone say antitrust?
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there is plenty of competition in cctLDs. We don't need new avenues for squatters to run rampant.
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There are plenty of opportunities for local free presses. We don't need any more newspapers or television or radio stations for people who hold opinions that I don't like to run rampant.
Right?
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There plenty of domain names available under the current system, we don't need to have lots of open, universal TLDs. .com, .net, .org, .info look to be enough. If ICANN introduces new TLDs, they should be limited to specific groups.
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Except for the fact that if ICANN makes such a limit, they're restricting what legally should be a free market. That's against the law in the United States, and that's where ICANN is.
Philosophically, you may be right. But it's too late for philosophy. Once ICANN allowed Afilias and Neulevel in to the market, they had to allow more in. If there's a problem, they'd have to remove .info and .biz (and most likely .com as well).
They can't do that.
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If ICANN & DoC say that they shouldn't add new unrestricted TLDs, then that is not being anticompetitive, they are regulating. Just because some new TLDs are added, does not mean that they have to add one for every group that bids. Decisions have to be made, which was add 7 new TLDs, see how they work, and maybe add more. ICANN hasn't said they won't add new TLDs, just that any new TLDs will likely be restricted to groups so that we can all avoid the conflicts that have appeared with .info & .biz. If you don't like it, there are plenty of ccTLDs selling domains.
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Anon writes: ...any new TLDs will likely be restricted to groups so that we can all avoid the conflicts that have appeared with .info & .biz. That's the line that ICANN seems to be spinning, but it doesn't necessarily follow for a number of reasons. First, .biz and .info are just two ways of doing it, surely there are other models and methods that could/should be tried. Second, .biz and .info were restricted in some ways, and continue to be in others. Third, using sunrise and using a lottery were problematic from the get-go, it isn't surprising to some that they were/are beset by problems. ICANN, or at least Mr. Cerf and Mr. Lynn, would have us believe that they gave open gTLDs their best shot and it didn't work. If the .biz and .info fiascos were ICANN's best shots, this isn't an argument for not allowing more new open gTLDs so much as an argument for allowing someone else to create new open TLDs properly. ICANN holding a monopoly gifted by the USG means either that that won't happen, or that those opposing the ICANN/USG monopoly will route around it. I don't see the latter happening over this issue alone, but add it up with others past, present, and future, and the rest of the world may well eventually have to build their own sandbox. If you don't like it, there are plenty of ccTLDs selling domains. Quite so. I've said that ICANN's unwillingness and/or inability to scale the gTLD namespace properly provides an incentive to ccTLDs, both open and restricted, to grow into the vacuum and we are already seeing signs of that. Veri$ign can be called many things, but stupid isn't one of them. They bought .tv and .cc for a reason. Ditto for 'alt roots' or various DNS overlays. Veri$ign has a stake in RealNames, for example, and I suspect that that will increase to complete control real soon now. ICANN is monopolistic, so is Veri$ign, where their interests overlap they either make deals or fight it out using various methods, often underhanded. Neither party cares one whit for the end-consumer. Where their interests don't overlap or interfere they are left to run free with little control, again benefitting themselves at the end-consumer's expense. This false dichotomy is a great racket for both of them. We are led to believe they keep each other honest, with the USG there as a backup to watch both of them. That is all an illusion. The principal powers in both monopolies continue to make gobs of money, and the USG powers get campaign contributions and maintain, even increase, control of the net. A very cozy relationship that all the talk in the world won't change. -g
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Actually, there now is such a requirement. ICANN and DoC have created this market in such a way that they're responsible to the law governing markets.
The day will come that they're forced to either open it up or shut it all down.
And, once again, ICANN is not a regulator. ICANN is specifically not a regulator, in fact.
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Technical coordination is the same as regulation, and whether they are "technically" a regulator, ICANN decisions have the effect of regulation of the Internet.
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You obviously don't grasp the implications of being found a market regulator as it relates to unfair competition.
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ICANN has nothing to worry about since the competition is not unfair.
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There are applicants for unrestricted TLDs that were denied access to the market based on false information.
That's unfair. It's also illegal. Give it time.
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ICANN has over 20 applications for generic TLDs still pending, for which the applicants paid $50,000 each. ICANN has said many times that these applications have not been turned down, but were simply not approved in the first round.
Now ICANN says no more rounds for them.
Do they get their $50,000 back? If not, isn't that a breach of the contract that they signed?
ICANN needs to be sued, I agree.
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ICANN didn't say that new TLDs would not be introduced, just that open & unsponsored TLDs like .info & .biz didn't look like the way to go.
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It's not up to ICANN to make that kind of decision. There are companies out there that want to compete. ICANN is not a market guardian, they are a technical coordination body. A body that's clearly overstepping its bounds.
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Technical coordination, market guardian, what's the difference. DoC has placed responsibilty with ICANN to coordinate the DNS. ICANN, and many others, seem to think that the best way is to go slow, rather than throw open the system without respect for any law.
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What's the difference? You're either ignorant or you're trolling. I'm going to guess both.
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Technical oversight? It's more like market making and that makes them liable in my book!
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This is fantastic! After I got a bunch of good .INFO names, Lynn puts the kabash on future rounds of unrestricted TLDs. Muaahahahahahaaaa! This is great for the value of my .INFO names. Thanks Stu! The resale value of unrestricted domains just skyrocketed. Yippee! Hey, I'm not squatter, just got a few good generics ... know what I mean?
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New.net has done nothing. Are they still in business? I thought they ran out of money in April, and they're losing ISPs all the time. New.net has shown ICANN nothing but how to whine, complain, and run a squatter's paradise.
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Yeah, New.net turned out to be a huge disappointment:
Tons of squatted trademarks (not generic) -
A handful of silly juveniles running their message board -
80 "extensions" (what a joke) -
No $$ for major marketing -
A snowball's chance in hell for success -
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New.net is nothing more than a database of opportunistic squatters.
Until they have the vast majority of the Internet able to see their domains, they're worthless.
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http://www.mox1.com << FREE - ICANN can not compete
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Sorry, no. Yet another alternate root with maybe 10 customers.
If it's not in the roots, it's worthless. I'll sell you .idiot domains, but they only resolve on my server. $100 each. Any takers?
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Ha! All you suckers who plopped down good money on New.net. Ha! Can't wait 'till New.net goes under and leave those chumps who run their forum holding their dicks in their hands.
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From this article it's clear that ICANN's honchos should refrain from making public statements on radical policy ideas before consulting the Board first.
Some additional comments regarding the original NEWS.COM article can be found here.
ICANN deserves watching, and definately requires adult supervision.
rick
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Rick, your additional comments link didn't work, I found it in maillog directory here. Good rant. :) -g
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Do you think that ICANN's "honchos" ever ask the board for their opinion?
The DNSO is supposed to be making policy for DNS, not the Board.
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what difference does is make? They always say one thing and do something else. It's not as if they are held-accountable for their decisions or anything.
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ICANN has done this so many times, it's a wonder everyone doesn't recognize it for what it is!
ICANN wants to do "A"
They publish an interview or something where someone says, "Well, it sure looks like we should do 'A' and there's lots of consensus for it!" Never mind that there isn't. Remember, that's just what ICANN wants to do.
If they get good feedback, they then do "A" and say, "See, we told you there was consensus! That's all we do!"
If they get bad feedback, they first say, "Hey, look, we're just exploring "A," it's not for sure. We need more dialog with stakeholders."
Then, weeks or months later, they say, "See, we told you there was consensus! Sure, there was a lot of dissent at first, but we've talked to everyone, and there's broad consensus for "A!" Now, don't listen to the malcontents and the troublemakers like Karl Auerbach, as they're just trying to tear down the process we've created. Everyone is happy about "A," just ask these trademark lawyers over here, and the entrenched players over there, and look, even Verisign is happy about "A," after we renegotiated with them and gave them more of what they want. What's the controversy? Next issue!"
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Mike Roberts once said that ICANN listens to 5 or 6
sources to develop their consensus. It should not
be too hard to figure out who those 5 or 6 are and
why they will keep ICANN going for as long as there
are people willing to pay for domain names.
http://www.icann.org/financials/gtld-contribution-chart-01-02.htm
Network Solutions, Inc. Registrar
$269,179.28
register.com, Inc.
$66,172.13
Tucows, Inc.
$49,632.26
BulkRegister.com, Inc.
$30,951.65
Melbourne IT, Ltd. d/b/a Internet Names Worldwide
$25,688.83
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ICANN views this as competition. Stuart Lynn
banks his $250,000 per year salary for doing what?
Keep in mind that Stuart said that Mike Roberts
said that to prepare for an ICANN Meeting, he
needs to make sure he has one controversial
topic raised. Three or four times a year, Stuart
Lynn has to toss out something for people to
discuss. It all gives people the impression that
ICANN is doing something and people are
participating.
The pattern is clear, people are just being used.
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That may definitely be true. VeriSign gets to keep .com for ten more years, and Microsoft gets its hand as a registry operator for the .net platform.
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Stuart wants this, Stuart wants that. It's all want "Stuart" wants,
actually it's more like what those who pull Stuart's strings want!
All what Stuart wants. Remember Stuart's bullshit discussion paper that all of sudden
becomes ICANN policy? Invented mind you!
What ever happened to the August 8, 2001 Reconsideration
Request of Michael Froomkin and Jonathan Weinberg?
It's been more than 30 days!
Typical ICANN, so much for the rules
No matter though we know the request will be denied like all others.
Hans and company will see to that!
"ICANN be Bought and Paid For"
It wouldn't surprise me if someday they discovered a little something tucked away
in an offshore haven considering the way these people have conducted themselves
throughout.
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Can anyone answer: What does the ICANN Staff DO each day ???
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Didn't AA do ICANN's application workup? Didn't they fail to give any source material? Rumor had it that ICANN had it destroyed after writing the staff summary. In light of what's going on with Enron, this is very easy to believe.
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The world would be a better place IF
IF ICANN would just step forward and say,
"We are a small closed society of people who have
become very accomplished at controlling the critical
resources of the Internet for our own financial gain.
We are also very accomplished at using the
U.S. Government as a tool to promote our views,
to give us funding on demand, to protect us from
any detractors, and to take our word as gospel
when it comes to operating the Internet. Anyone
that joins our closed clique will prosper financially.
Anyone who opposes us will be systematically
black-balled in any way we can, to ruin the person
financially, socially, etc. We have gotten away
with this since time began and will get away with
it forever. You have three choices. 1. Quietly
accept this reality and pay us money. 2. Oppose
us and face our wrath which is boundless and
ruthless. 3. Leave our Internet. Do not try to
join us, membership is very exclusive and is by
invitation only. Our society views most humans
as animals and not worthy of being in our club.
Thank you for playing, have a nice day."
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Someone must have leaked the letter that IOD got back as a result of their .WEB application!
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