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TLD Registrar Wants To Charge $300 For .Pro Names

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mercantilsm-has-its-privileges dept.

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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  1. So I guess... by NewbieSpaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prostitutes won't be able to register...

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    1. Re:So I guess... by garethwi · · Score: 3, Funny

      Of course not. The text refers to professionals of good standing. Prostitutes are better lying.

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    2. Re:So I guess... by jandrese · · Score: 3, Funny

      Prostitutes are better lying.

      Just like the Lawyers.

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    3. Re:So I guess... by aozilla · · Score: 3, Funny

      Obviously you haven't seen enough porn. There are lots of prostitutes who are also doctors and get it on with their patients.

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    4. Re:So I guess... by knuth · · Score: 3, Funny

      NewbieSpaz guesses:

      Prostitutes won't be able to register...

      Sure they will. Didn't you read the article? Just as long as the registrars can verify their credentials.

  2. Re:What about prostitutes? by Mark+Round · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, shouldn't that be .ho ?

  3. Re:Compare it to Business Cards by Shotgun · · Score: 3, Funny

    "what this company is doing with .Pro domains is innovative."

    Seperating stupid people from their money by offering to sell symbols of success is not innovative. Read "The Emperor's New Clothes" for prior art. 8*)

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  4. Re:Let the market decide by Tottori · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, I realise they have pretty poor sanitation, but I wouldn't call Spain, France, Italy and Portugal third world countries!

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  5. Re:Hello Moron by BCoates · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gated communities are nothing but economic discrimination at its worst.

    Economic discrimination? That's a new one--"BigCorp. refused to sell me their product just because I didn't have any money to pay them! I'm being discriminated against!"

    And this type of discrimination usually takes into account all other types of discrimination including racism, sexism, elitism, etc.

    Sexism? There probably is an all-male gated community somewhere, but I'm not sure sexism is the motivation...

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

    So it's okay for people to be rich, as long as they don't buy things that other people can't afford.

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  6. Oops by alexburke · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see the conversation with the registrar already:

    "Yes, my name is Seymour Edward Xavier, Ph.D. I'd like to register a .pro domain name for myself. Where do I fax my credentials?"

    (If you don't get it, think about it for a minute.)