TLD Registrar Wants To Charge $300 For .Pro Names

dipfan writes: "The commercialization of the net continues: RegistryPro, the ICANN-approved registrar of the new TLD name, wants to charge up to $300 for .Pro addresses - or about 10 times the price of a .com address. The company says it will restrict .Pro to doctors, lawyers or accountants: 'qualified professionals in good standing ... .pro will be a premium brand, enabling effective, secure communication between professionals and users for the first time in the history of the Internet.' The Washington Post quotes RegistryPro's chief executive: 'The goal of RegistryPro is to build out a gated community for professionals on the Internet.' Is this what happens when you give one company a license to print money?"

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Re:In good standing ??

[Tensor]

Lawyers ??? after rereading i saw this.

Lawyers, the scum of the earth, the sewer rats of buisness, are in good standing but not engineers ?? omg, i bet they added them just to avoid the lawsits .. hehehe .. good move actually

Hello Moron

[rbeattie]

You're an idiot. (Heehee, I copied that from one of your earlier posts...)

Gated communities are nothing but economic discrimination at its worst. And this type of discrimination usually takes into account all other types of discrimination including racism, sexism, elitism, etc. Your justification for separation of people is pretty disgusting, actually: Those "other" people aren't worthy to live near you. You have a level of society that you think is acceptable and you think that people who are below that level aren't worthy of your interaction. And you think this is fine? What an elitist you are... $10 says you have a gun in your house and you voted for Bush.

I don't mind people being rich. I mind when they think they are special or better because of it.

-Russ

Re:Is it just me...

[rbeattie]

Gosh, it sounds like you were lucky to escape with your lives. How did you ever manage living with "those" people in such an unsafe area?

Yep, you would be an elitist alright. A cold and sterile rich guy living in your safe little world where no one is ever upset and nothing is every stolen. Much better than trying to stick it out in the 'hoods. Good for you, your parents will be proud and your children will be better people for your example.

-Russ

Tired of the TLD beauracracy?

[ar1550]

Just install the wonderfull software from Gator, and tell ICANN to shove off! With Gator, you can register, or even just surf, websites with nearly any TLD you want!