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ICANN Plans to Charge Fees to .net Domain Owners

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the easy-budget-increases dept.

museumpeace writes "ICANN, though it was soundly rebuffed for trying this in the past, is reported by CNET to be planning a $.75/ year fee to holders of .net domains and will look at fees for other TLD's next year. Is this taxation without representation? And where would this trend stop?"

5 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. 75 cents? by TheKarateMaster · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    OMG!!! That's almost a dollar... suck it up.

  2. Fee's by KaSkA101 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How are they going to charge these too all those people that fake their registration information, like the spammers? So its just the legit people that get charged eh?

  3. So why are people upset? by Rakishi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So why are people upset?

    Don't tell me all the 15 year olds who warez all their games are complaining about a 75 cent increase.

  4. Re: I wouldn't know. Nobody I voted for won. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And that's a _good_ thing.

  5. Charging only the Chinese IP Addresses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I propose that we charge only the IP addresses of the Chinese companies, for they generate most of the spam, viruses, and malware on the Internet today. We then give a portion of the funds to anti-virus and anti-malware companies.