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[ NNSquad ] GAC rejects TLD vetoes -- and the result may fragment the Net
GAC rejects TLD vetoes -- and the result may fragment the Net http://j.mp/fMUk1N (This posting on Google Buzz) - - - http://j.mp/ha0t9R (CNET) - - - There are two obvious take-aways from this decision: 1) The amount of litigation that can be expected as new gTLDs are introduced may be reasonably expected to be astoundingly high, including suits possibly challenging ICANN's authority for continued decision making in this area, disputes over process, and ... well, you name it. But ICANN will rake in the application fees anyway. 2) The stage is now set for genuine network fragmentation, as various countries move to transition TLD authority to other entities (such as the U.N.) and introduce TLD blocking against TLDs of which they do not approve. Again, this won't much bother ICANN or the other members of the domain-industrial complex, for whom it makes no difference if anyone actually ever *uses* the new TLDs, so long as the TLD application and maintenance fees are paid to ICANN, and sufficient numbers of firms are successfully extorted into buying domains in those new TLDs (in addition to their .com domains, which of course are all that really matter in the relative aspects of this entire scheme). REF: GAC/ICANN/IGP -- and the Top Level Domains Lunacy Continues http://j.mp/eDJj6Z (Google Buzz) --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/lauren-buzz Quora: http://www.quora.com/Lauren-Weinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com