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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Dot-CO TLD launches -- And the Net at large loses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Thu Jul 22 17:01:25 2010
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Dot-CO TLD launches -- And the Net at large loses again
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03912.html
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http://bit.ly/9cBKkp (Huffington)
I'll say it again and I'll keep saying it. The explosion of new gTLDs
about to hit the Net brings nothing but confusion to most users, is a
windfall for crooks whose "business plans" depend on such confusion,
and primarily benefits the associated domain registries and their
associated ecosystems, who depend primarily on defensive registrations
as their personal piggy banks and path to riches.
Abominable. Jon Postel must be spinning in his grave.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org
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