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US Government Responds Harshly To ICANN gTLD Plans
ICANN posted its proposal for expanding gTLDs late in October, and now the US government has issued its scathing response (PDF, 11 pp., linked from there), from the departments of Commerce and Justice. The initial criticism is that John Levine sent a note to a policy mailing list and summarized the concerns raised as ranging from "...insufficient attention to monopoly and consumer protection, to lack of capacity to enforce compliance, to overreach into non-technical areas such as adjudication of morality, to what they'll do with all the extra money since they are a non-profit. Their first concern is that in 2006 the ICANN board said they would commission a study on economic issues in TLD registrations such as whether different TLDs are different markets, substitutability between TLDs, and registry market power, issues which are fairly important in any new TLD process. Here it is two years later, they're rushing to set up the new TLD process, but there's no study. 'ICANN needs to complete this economic study and the results should be considered by the community before new gTLDs are introduced.'"
What the fuck is this shit even about? Does anyone care? Stop
In essence, here are the facts.
1. The Department of Justice exists to protect the US President George Walker Bush from litigation coming from the Citizens of the United States of America.
2. The Department of Homeland Security exists to protect the US President George Walker Bush from challanges from the the Citizens of the United States of America. Currently, the Dept. of Homeland Security views all Citizens of the United States of America, excepting those hired under loality oath to the Dept. of Homaland Security, as the greatest prevaling threat to US President George Walker Bush and the Hooligans running the upper echelon of the US Federal Governmnent.
3. The Department of Defense exists to protect the US President George Walker Bush, and Hooligans, from threats external to the United States of America. Threats to the Citizens of the United States of America, and the States of the United States of America, are allowed and welcome since they, the United States of America Citizens and States thereof, in the minds of the Federal Executives are the Prime source of Terriorists acts, and the greatest threat to the US Executives.
How dare they do such a thing!
Oh, wait, they are actually opposing the ICANN's terrible idea?
And it's December, so this can't be an April fool's joke. Can someone explain what is going on here? Since when did the government actually step in to oppose bad ideas?
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.