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ICANN Trying To Speed Up

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the moving...much....faster dept.

coder_cc writes "ICANN posted a Preliminary Report on their Melbourne ICANN Board Meeting and it looks like the public's dissatisfaction with the gTLD process is finally getting to them. Under a lot of board- and committee-speak (yukk) they urge their President to complete negotiations for the new gTLDs and set themself a time-limit of only 7 days to comment on the eventual negotiation results. Without negative feedback in seven days, the ICANN President is authorized to go ahead and sign the agreements. But don't hold your breath, the Board still CAN make comments and hold this up for a long time."

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  1. If you not a corporation, ICANN sez screw you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4
    Look at their threat to retroactively restrict .ORG to non-profit CORPORATIONS only. Look at the "trademark holders always win" dispute policy ICANN promulgates, even if the domain name has another meaning or is even your own name.

    Like USENET, DNS needs a .ALT top level domain where domain names are strictly first come first serve and where domain name lawsuits are barred.

    Without a garbage dump where anything goes, the trash will just clutter up all the other TLDs.

    How to enforce this. Make it a condition of getting or renewing or even just keeping an existing domain name, that you agree not to sue and indemnify and hold harmless all *.ALT domain names.

  2. Actually, I'm sorry I ever spoke poorly of them... by wunderhorn1 · · Score: 4
    ...after reading this resolution:

    Whereas:

    Mike Roberts today completes his service as ICANN's first President and Chief Executive Office...

    As a direct result of his efforts ICANN as now universally acclaimed as "not as bad as it could be";

    I mean, hey, at least they don't take themselves too seriously up there in their cathedral!

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    Karma: Bored. (Thinking about resurrecting the "Anyone else is an imposter" joke.)
  3. Free gTLD Registration! by oooga · · Score: 4

    Wouldn't it be cool if gTLDs could be registered just like domain names? It'd work like this. Say I wanted a domain name, say oooga.com. Then I'd just register it, and pay the 12 bucks. But say I wanted oooga.freellamarides. I'd register .freellamarides for maybe 35 bucks, and also oooga.freellamarides for 12. Then, when ever anybody else registered anything at .freellamarides, I'd get maybe a 1 cent royalty for coming up with it, which could go towards the InterNic fees.

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    -- Nerds on toast in the new millenium
  4. ICANN can't, but youcann.org can... by Angel's+Fall · · Score: 4

    Wired ran a story about this a couple of months back, and I checked it out. It's as easy as replacing your ISP's DNS addresses with ones they provide (well, for me anyway).

    http://www.youcann.org

    It's not much use unless people start using it, but it opens your eyes as to how the system works. ICANN only has authority if people let them have it. Who said the internet needs to be forced into a top-down design model, anyway?