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[ NNSquad ] New Internet domain names a .fail, Washington says
New Internet domain names a .fail, Washington says
http://j.mp/LVteY2 (Politico)
"ICANN listened to the complaints, not just from Congress but also
from the [Federal Trade Commission], but didn't change much of
anything in response that I could see," Esther Dyson, ICANN's founding
chairwoman, told POLITICO. Dyson, now a prominent tech startup
investor and philanthropist, strongly opposed the addition of new
top-level domains.
...
Ron Jackson, publisher of Domain Name Journal, believes .com will
remain the undisputed champ of the Web for years to come. "I don't
think .com will be impacted at all," Jackson told POLITICO. "In fact,
I would bet that aftermarket values of .coms will increase as the
market becomes flooded with so many lesser-known alternatives."
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--Lauren--
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