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ICANN Responds To gTLD Plan Comments

Posted by kdawson on from the didn't-like-it-huh dept.

angry tapir writes "ICANN has delayed its plans to sell new generic top-level domains while responding to public comments about the controversial proposal. The organization has released a 154-page document detailing and analyzing the hundreds of comments (PDF) it has received about its gTLD plan. In response to several concerns brought up by the public and companies in the Internet industry, ICANN has moved out the projected timeline for taking applications for new gTLDs from September to December."

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  1. This "plan" only benefits registrars by winkydink · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Further balkanization of gTLD's does nothing for the end user. It will be a great stream of new revenue for registrars though.

    ICANN has become nothing more than a pawn of domain registrars. Read the meeting minutes and see for yourself.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. Re:Don't click the link! by contra_mundi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just do it.

  3. Sigh by oahazmatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I was so looking forward to registering ".1" so I could realize my dream of having an external URL at 127.0.0.1.

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    Those who believe the Internet is private,
    find their privates are on the Internet.
    1. Re:Sigh by david.emery · · Score: 4, Funny

      All that traffic directed to 127.0.0.1 would serve you right! :-)

      dave

    2. Re:Sigh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Looks like someone already beat you to it. I went to http://127.0.0.1/ . I have to say I like that site a lot. But then again it looks very similar to mine, so I am biased.

  4. Re:Don't click the link! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Slashdot. What are the chances anyone would click the link to a story?

  5. Gated Community TLDs by RevWaldo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just a thought experiment. Suppose you set up a TLD - .bob for instance. Users can set up domains for web sites, e-mail, FTP etc. within .bob just like any other domain, but the rules of using it are different from the rest of the web. Such as -

    Web -
    - Only other .bob account holders can access .bob sites. No one else can get in, not even google.
    - .bob sites cannot be accessed anonymously, but .bob sites must guarantee privacy - your usage can't be shared with anyone else.

    E-mail and IM -
    - No anonymous addresses or accounts. .bob e-mail addresses or chat names must be linked to an actual person.
    - .bob users can only send/receive e-mails or IM to other .bob addresses. Nothing outside .bob is allowed in.
    - Spam is not allowed. At all. You spam, you lose your .bob access

    Content -
    - Your .bob account comes with a license with nearly all known media companies. (www.timewarner.bob, for instance.) For a monthly fee you can access any media they have digitized - books, news, film, music, games, software, etc. It's DRMed out the wazoo, of course. All usage is tracked. Violate the terms of use and you lose your .bob access.

    In other words, a fully privatized portion of the internet. A nightmare to some, but to others - "Access to all media? No spam? $39.95 a month? Where do I sign?"

    Other TLDs could set up other ecologies. .ftw might only allow services that are fully encrypted and anonymous, for example.

    Is there anything that would prevent TLD owners from doing this?

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