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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Strong disappointment with Google's implicit
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Thu May 31 15:05:56 2012
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Strong disappointment with Google's implicit endorsement
of ICANN's gTLD expansion
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000962.html
A posting today in the Official Google Blog discusses Google's
participation in the ICANN gTLD expansion program ( http://j.mp/KhMsup ).
It is signed by Vint Cerf, but I'll bet you dollars to donuts he was
"drafted" into signing onto this corporate statement. It is very
carefully worded, but still has the effect of implicitly endorsing
ICANN's essentially extortionist TLD scheme. It is obvious that Google
could not ignore this process, and needed to at least apply for TLDs
that represent its various products, services, and trademarks.
Still, I believe this statement went too far into effectively
endorsing a corrupt process, after ICANN's outgoing CEO himself
declared that the ICANN board of directors was rife with relevant
conflict of interests.
This situation is made all the more dangerous since ICANN's abusive
behavior in these regards is a driving force pushing many countries to
propose UN/ITU control of the Internet, which would be disastrous and
that most technology leaders (including Google) have been wisely
opposing.
My writings on the problems with ICANN's TLD approach and the need for
alternatives go back many years, and can be found most easily through
this search: http://j.mp/KhMFO3 (Google Search)
More later as appropriate.
--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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