[At-Large] Fwd: ALAC Draft Statement :: Domain Monetization

[Franck Martin]

I'm worried we will end up in the same situation as SPAM... It will be too
late to do anything meaningful...

May be the requirement that DNS/Web page should be up for each domain,
should no exists. May be domain monetisation should be recognised and that
you could reserve a domain under this scheme, where the DNS would say,
domain reserved to, but not used... may be it would also help in checking
the domain validities with mail...

Don't know, it is late, could be some real wild ideas?

Cheers

On 4/10/07, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> I don't have the time now for a long answer, but as far as I can see,
> Domain Monetization is essentially a legal business and it is not at
> all clear that regulating it is within the purview of ICANN.  That
> certainly does not mean that it has (or hasn't) socially redeeming
> redeeming reasons for existing. But that can be said of many thriving
> businesses.
>
> It would seem to me that if DM is to die, it will be for business
> reasons and not due to regulation.
>
> That being said, *I* find it a pain to deal with. I am tired of going
> to Google or other search engines and finding that the first screen
> is mostly monetization sites instead of real meat. Perhaps one day
> this kind of consumer discontent will force some action on the part
> of the business community. But as long as people click on these
> pointers, the business will likely thrive.
>
> Alan
>
>
>


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