[NA-Discuss] Massive Internet Impact Possible Due to Relaxed TLD Application Process

[RJGlass | America@Large]

Thanks Robert.

I don't want to be sarcastic on this one, though it tempts me.  Who knows if
there will be any impact, but I think this highlights the responsibility
that ICANN has in making sure it doesn't break it's own creation out of the
sake of greed.

Randy Glass
A at L




On 8/4/07, Robert Guerra <lists at privaterra.info> wrote:
>
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/internet_impact_tld_application/
>
> Massive Internet Impact Possible Due to Relaxed TLD Application Process
>
> Jul 31, 2007 10:36 AM PST
> By CircleID Reporter
>
> Kieren McCarthy's latest column at Guardian Unlimited discusses the
> massive impact—and controversies—that the new top-level domain (TLD)
> names will bring about. The rules for the creation of TLDs are being
> relaxed starting next year. From the article:
>
> "From 2008, anyone wanting their own piece of the internet is welcome
> to apply for it. It won't be cheap (there will an application fee of
> around $100,000) and it won't be simple (you have to prove you are
> capable of running a complex piece of the net's infrastructure)—but
> it could mean a change in the way the online world works."
>
> Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! may all own their own TLD one day -
> 'news.google', 'finance.yahoo' or 'games.msn' - possibilities are
> endless.
>
> Read Full Story at Guardian Unlimited
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jul/31/comment.internet
>
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