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<font face="Verdana">Milton<br>
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You know that this a debate over higher level principles/issues,
so we can have a discussion on them if you want. Meanwhile, your
smart alec stuff serves little purpose. Neither, the rhetoric of
attacking positions that make you feel good, which positions you
know I never hold; like, your claim that I am on the side of '</font><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">people
who want to control and regulate the use of common word </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">in
order to ensure that they are used "properly" or "fairly""<br>
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</span><font face="Verdana">When,</font> if I am saying anything at
all, I am saying that common words should be allowed to be freely
used by all, and not inappropriately pushed into private domains,
which is a form of 'control' over the use of those 'common words'.
Therefore, who is on the side of control over common words (and
implicated FoE) and who against is perhaps opposite of how you would
want to show it to be.<br>
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Even more ludicrous is your claim that "<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
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Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
is only a matter of time before you join the trademark lobby in
their never ending quest <br>
</span>
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level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">to
ensure that politically approved true rights holders are allowed
to use specific words in specific ways "<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span
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</span>When you know that what I am trying to say, and also my
general politics, is quite the opposite. The main burden of my
original proposition is, in fact, that (replacing 'politically' in
your statement with 'commercially', while it is obvious that you see
'red' with anything political, while all kinds of commercial
controls simply pass you by.)<br>
<br>
<blockquote>with the new gltd process "'commercially' <span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">approved
true rights holders are allowed to use specific words in
specific ways</span>" like the word .book...... <br>
<br>
</blockquote>
(Yes, .book will be used as a word, dot book, connoting that in the
online environment 'this' is exclusively what book is. A major,
unfair and unnecessary advantage to any private actor. )<br>
<br>
Obviously, you are allowing your rhetoric to get better of you.....
Anyway, I will point to the larger principles and socio-economic and
political issues that are behind our present discussion in a
separate email...parminder<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 17 August 2012 11:30 PM,
Milton L Mueller wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>parminder<br>
</span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><br>
I am honoured to agree with the US Congressional judicial
committee </span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
knew this would happen, eventually. Good for Parminder for
being consistent…..even if consistently wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For
a different perspective, see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/08/16/us-congress-joins-saudi-arabia-in-net-censorship-extravaganza/">http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/08/16/us-congress-joins-saudi-arabia-in-net-censorship-extravaganza/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I
especially agree that ICANN has done practically nothing to
get *informed* comments from outside the largely compliant
ICANN community on an issue that implicates just everyone,
who deals with language and ideas that is. </span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
think we've gotten 13 years of comments many of them quite
well informed, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">and
anyway how is ICANN supposed to control the intelligence or
informational <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">levels
of the people who write into an open, public comment board?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Have
you looked over the comments on TLD applications? they are
astoundingly diverse. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Most
of them are stupid, but they are not from the ICANN
stalwarts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That's
democracy, bub<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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By it I mean a public-place from where our commonly owned
words (with all the cultural significances they hold) like
love, kid, book, school etc cannot be plucked out and
handed over to some business houses as private property. </span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This
is where you are not thinking very deeply. If these words
are indeed 'commonly owned' they can be appropriated and
used by anyone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Since
domain name registrations must be exclusive, and since your
claim to a dns registration of a common word is as good as
mine, it is just a matter of first come first served.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
is the people who want to control and regulate the use of
common words <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-
in order to ensure that they are used "properly" or "fairly"
- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">who
actually would usher in a crippling political battle over
who has the right to the name, and how it canbe used<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">which
would stifle the development of the name space. I am still
waiting for you Parminder to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">get
acquainted with the idea of "permissionless innovation,"
which is why the Internet flourished. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
want people to ask for permission and impose collective
regulation before they can use the word 'book'. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
say to hell with that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
is only a matter of time before you join the trademark lobby
in their never ending quest to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ensure
that politically approved true rights holders are allowed to
use specific words in specific ways <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><br>
When 'trademarks' allow exclusive rights over some words to
some private parties in very clearly limited contexts, and
with so many pre-conditions, caveats etc, how can a private
body simply hand over the *globally* exclusive use of
generic words, with no trademark claim to them either, to
private parties just on the highest bid !!? </span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">they
are not handing over the right to globally exclusive use of
the word. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">They
are handing over the right to globally exclusive use of a
specific character string as a top level domain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
can use the word 'book' all you like. There, I just did it:
book, book, book. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
can name my website <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.syr.edu/book/">http://www.syr.edu/book/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
can paint "book" on the side of my car, or tattoo it on my
forehead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
can try to register 'book' in any of the hundreds of new
TLDs that will exist if you and the TM lobby don't stop it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
can open a book store, online or offline, and attract
google-driven searches on the word 'book' there if people
link to it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Just
think of the scenario when Amazon owns .book, </span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Check
this out: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.book.com">www.book.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Check
this out: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.book.co.uk/">http://www.book.co.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">and
mind you, it is to be fully private. Unlike existing
registries like .com etc amazon will not even be obliged to
sell second level domain names under .book in the public
market (protecting the marketplace, huh!). Quite soon,
amazon may change its name, or at least its book division's
name to .book... It will have a right to, since it owns that
particular symbol in a very special way..... Remember,
normal trademark etc law wont allow it to run its business
under the name 'book', because it will be considered too
generic a name, meaning it is pubic property (those good old
times when laws were made to protect the public!). But with
an expedient routed through the ICANN- that benefactor of
the powerful, Amazon can run its business under .book, the
ownership of which is 'established, or would certainly get
established over due course of use as everyone will know, of
course .book is amazon (and vice versa), are you kidding or
what! <br>
<br>
I am sure with some proven use and exclusivity, trademark
authorities will also be compliant... As the world,
especially in the use of language, goes mostly digital, we
hand over our common property, the idea and the word,
'book', to a private company.... and then it is the turn of
'kid', 'love', 'cloud', </span>.baby, .book, .eat, .family,
.film, .home, .movie, .music, .search, .beauty,
.school................ <br>
I am completely lost as to what public interest does all this
serve? Isnt ICANN there to serve public interest! Why couldnt
we stick to relatively meaningless three alphabet gtlds like
.com, .org and such, and, being most important, making it
incumbent upon the registries to sell second level domains in
the open market on a non discriminatory basis?? Why has ICANN
taken upon itself to further privatise anything and everything
that conceivably can be privatised and perpetual rents
extracted for the benefit of the most powerful, in the true
spirit of the resplendent neoliberal march. <br>
<br>
I really hope those outside the wunderworld of ICANN would
take this issue up in the right earnest.. I suspect, the storm
would start brewing soon. I cant see how ICANN, and its
compliant ICANN community, will be allowed to get away with
this absolute loot of our common cultural heritage. I think
this time ICANN has bitten off too much.....<br>
<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wednesday 15 August 2012 02:39 PM,
"Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>FYI<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/8-7-12%20Letter%20from%20Senate%20and%20House%20Judiciary%20Committees.pdf">http://www.leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/8-7-12%20Letter%20from%20Senate%20and%20House%20Judiciary%20Committees.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>wolfgang<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
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