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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?"

8 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It wouldn't stop... by yourexhalekiss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can anyone say "Boston Tea Party"?

  2. Great!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to wait at least till the third warning to pay. That way they spend more on stamps than they get from me.

  3. Re:It wouldn't stop... by tiny69 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Can anyone say "Boston Tea Party"?
    Ummm, how do you plain on doing that? Throw your .net domain registration in Boston Harbor?
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  4. You know, they're doing this... by jberkom · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just because THEYCANN.

  5. Re:Why is .net more expensive than .com? by Chairboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because a .COM is more likely to be a company, and companies have lawyers.

    A .NET, on the other hand, is more likely to be too cheap to hire lawyers, because we're more likely to be unrepentant network laying unix hippies.

  6. Finally! by Joel+from+Sydney · · Score: 5, Funny

    At last we can add in step two!

    1. Get self on ICANN board.
    2. Increase fees gradually so nobody notices. (formerly ???)
    3. Profit!

  7. As the first Thursday drunk to respond... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny
    I say fuck that noise! Please let me know what goods and services I will be receiving from ICANN that require this money. Anything? A keychain? TCB hat? A goddamn coffee mug? Nothing.

    As a result, I will be charging ICANN a monthly 7.50 'Blow Me' fee. Bitches.

    Fees and surcharges are the first sign that you should get your gun and start thinning the herd from the top down, because someone has decided you're easy pickin' and an easy money bitch. ICANN does not DO anything, except charge poor fucks like me and you for having a shitty website.

    Now mod me offtopic, you ICANN sniffing mod-whores. HAHAHA! Profanity is always uncalled for, and used by ruffians, and ner' do-wells, so eat it.

  8. Re:It wouldn't stop... by manual_overide · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK.

    Aside from Indoor plumbing, The electric light, The telephone, The jetliner, and The internal combustion engine, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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