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Berners-Lee on the TLD Explosion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-intentions-and-human-nature dept.

kmccammon writes "Tim Berners-Lee recently released a white paper outlining a number of justifications for stalling (at least temporarily) the expansion of the top-level domains. Among the reasons cited: bad economics. As evidenced by the .biz and .info debacle, more top-levels does not necessarily mean more domain name availability. All it really means is that every .com/.net owner now needs to rush out and buy the same name under each new TLD. Thus, the 'value of one's original registration drops. At the same time, the cost of protecting one's brand goes up.'"

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  1. Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not clearly stated in the summary, but for those who don't already know, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee is the one who has singlehandedly invented the World Wide Web and has written the first browser and server. See this.

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    Sincerely,
    Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
    "Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."
  2. Re:There are only a few that matter by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sony wants to own sony.org so that no not-for-profit group can spring up and name themselves Sony... because the Sony company wants to own that four letter combination outright. They're scared of a non-profit cause springing up at that domain.

    Amazon.com I bet is wishing they had grabbed Amazon.org back in the early days. Not that the Amazon.org group is unacceptable to a large number of people, but I'm sure you can find a few people who are offended by them... and that soils the "Amazon" word on the Internet. You get the idea, anything that can cost sales is something a business doesn't want to see happen.