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.edu Expansion Blurs The Lines

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-primary-and-elementary dept.

klaricmn writes "Yahoo is reporting that the US Department of Commerce has decided to ease the regulations that govern the administration of .edu domain names. Read the official release on the Educause site. This change would allow a for-profit training institution such as "Dawn's Beauty School" to apply for a domain name in the same TLD as Harvard or Yale."

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  1. Stupify by Quixotic+Raindrop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    EDUcation TLDs. Chartered, for 4-year degree granting institutions.

    COMmercial TLDs. Chartered, for commercial businesses.

    NETwork TLDs. Chartered, for Network entities.

    ORGanizations TLDs. Chartered, for non-profit organizations.

    MILitary TLDs. Chartered, for Military activities.

    If you don't like those divisions, use a separate TLD provider ...

    What? There are no separate TLD providers?

    What moron came up with that idea?

    And ICANN's monopoly is being extended? Lemme guess, Bush had something to do with that ...

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  2. Re:why? by Lutherx · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If they're for-profit, they should be considered a business or commercial entity, NOT an educational entity.

    I'm trying not to be philosophical, but with Harvard's endowment valued at around $18.3 billion, I do wonder where the line is drawn. That is an awfully large pot of money for a school to be sitting on.

    I know it used for good things, but still I'm not sure why we should be so anti Dawn and her Beauty School...