It is refreshing to see that Obama is pulling from academia and groups such as ICANN....
I'd feel better if the people from ICANN were left out - what with their recent and ongoing attempts to ruin the internet.
In brief, their plan to allow unlimited top level domains is a horrible idea ie there could/would be ".microsoft", ".help", ".newyork", etc.
Secondly they seem to be getting ready to allow tiered pricing on.coms (gTLDs) - you can imagine how it would feel to have the price of the renewal fee for your domain to be set at 25,000 (or whatever) per year if they feel like it.
I'm not sure exactly what Susan Crawford (from ICANN) thinks about it but I don't think that ICANN is looking out for the public too much - they seem to want to be rich and powerful instead.
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It is refreshing to see that Obama is pulling from academia and groups such as ICANN ....
I'd feel better if the people from ICANN were left out - what with their recent and ongoing attempts to ruin the internet.
In brief, their plan to allow unlimited top level domains is a horrible idea ie there could/would be ".microsoft", ".help", ".newyork", etc.
Secondly they seem to be getting ready to allow tiered pricing on .coms (gTLDs) - you can imagine how it would feel to have the price of the renewal fee for your domain to be set at 25,000 (or whatever) per year if they feel like it.
Some info concerning that last can be found at Domain Name Journal.
I'm not sure exactly what Susan Crawford (from ICANN) thinks about it but I don't think that ICANN is looking out for the public too much - they seem to want to be rich and powerful instead.