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[ NNSquad ] NPR: "Not Just Dot-Com, But Dot-Yournamehere"
NPR: "Not Just Dot-Com, But Dot-Yournamehere"
http://j.mp/lqBnYG (This message on Google Buzz)
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http://j.mp/kDzQkz (NPR)
But Esther Dyson, the former and founding chair of ICANN's board, does
not see the value in this new naming system. "I think it's kind of a
useless market," she says, "and if I had $185,000, I'd spend it on
something else." Dyson says a new naming system is unnecessary,
especially at this price. "Nobody's creating new value here," Dyson
says,"They're just selling words ... The trademark system is good
enough."
But Dyson says, "Canon.com works fine, as far as I'm concerned."
She says this is an expensive solution for the wrong problem.
"The real issue isn't even dot-com versus dot-camera in the long run,"
she says. "It's let's use Google."
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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