NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] ICANN Likely to Approve "Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex" Domain for Chumps!
ICANN Likely to Approve "Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex" Domain for Chumps!
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000723.html
Greetings. Word is that tomorrow ICANN is likely to reverse itself
yet again, and (under continuing lawsuit threats from the would-be
TLD-operator who desperately wants to cash-in on this fiasco)
unwisely approve a "dot-ex-ex-ex" top-level domain
( http://bit.ly/aXdX4k [IBTimes] ).
Every word that I wrote back in 2005 about this topic, in "Open
Letter: Why 'Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex' is for Chumps" still holds true, perhaps
even more now half a decade later
( http://bit.ly/bRtaFj [Lauren's Blog] ).
If ICANN moves as reported on this, it is bad news for everyone
concerned about free speech and civil liberties on and off the
Internet, regardless of how you feel about the sorts of enterprises
being targeted by this new TLD.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein