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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?"

3 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I kind of miss the old days.. by evilviper · · Score: 0, Troll
    If the domains were $100 each, I am pretty sure that they wouldn't be burning through domains like that

    I agree, and in the same token, we should make car (and malpractice) insurance illegal.
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  2. Re:Just like the FCC Line Fee by idamaybrown · · Score: 0, Troll

    That has to be the most stupid statement I have ever seen. When you are a business and selling a product, of course you are going to price and pass on any costs of doing business. And most of those taxes on the phone bill are placed there by your politicians.

  3. The slippery slope is a fallacy not an argument by shreak · · Score: 0, Troll

    Indeed it is a slippery slope:

    http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/distract/ss. ht m

    "The Slippery Slope" is a logical fallacy, not a valid argument. It's easy to spot on ./ because people will actually call it by name while they are using it as an argument.

    "Right now it's $0.75, then it's $1.00, then it's $100, then it's you first born! This change will lead us to slavery!"

    =Shreak