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[ NNSquad ] Raping by the Domain-Industrial Complex Continues: Family gTLDs for $500, 000
Raping by the Domain-Industrial Complex Continues: Family gTLDs for $500,000
http://j.mp/nOHxQT (ReadWriteWeb)
"Now we have dotFamilyName getting into the action and promising your
own gTLD for "as little as $500,000" for your family, to provide the
ultimate cachet for the ultra-wealthy. Yes, you read that right. Half
a million can buy you a lot of domains that cost at best $30 a year.
When I got the press release today, I first thought it was a joke. But
no, this company really thinks it has a business model here. "Only"
1000 gTLDs will be created, and only after filing a 200-page
application. Is this the "apex of the Internet" or the most exclusive
or unique luxury digital item you can think of? Perhaps not, but it
certainly the most ridiculous."
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ICANN has turned the Domain Name System into a wasteful, dangerous
protection racket, that will suck billions of dollars out of people's
pockets around the world -- that could have been used for far more
useful purposes in a depressed global economy -- directly into the
coffers of ICANN and the rest of the well-heeled "Ain't we smart for
comin' up with this scam!" domain-industrial complex exploitation
cadre.
I'm trying to keep this polite.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
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