[governance] Human rights and new gTLDs
yehudakatz at mailinator.com
yehudakatz at mailinator.com
Wed Sep 26 07:33:40 EDT 2007
And yet another perspective on the gTLD Governance issue:
Although in-Principle I would agree that the Freedom to designate a gTLD is
important, I would disagree in-Practice for the following reasons.
The Commoditization of gTLD space would undoubtedly take place, same as it
has in the Domain Launch and Domain-Aftermarket(s). This would lead to
resource-capitalization (price escalation) and restrict resource-allocation to
whom can afford the price.
Secondly, there is the possibility of a strategic-resource-allocation (a
portfolio of gTLDs) being used to malalign sociopolitical & cultural realties.
[Citizen Kane syndrome / inner syndication]
Publishers and maybe more importantly the Corporate-Boards that sit behind
them, would most certainly be able to afford most strategic & desirable gTLD
spaces,
[see post: http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2007-09/msg00058.html ]
and with such wield their will as they see fit, thus corporatizing control of
the Fourth Estate.
Already with .Travel (as Edward Hasbrouck has depicted) and .3X we have seen a
consortium of Cartel-Publishers vying for gTLD space. Dont be fooled, these
are not Individuals such as Christopher Ambler of .Web, they are Market funded
Citizen Kane Inc.s
'Independent Media' will be submarined with Static*, and
so to would the independence and democracy we all cherish.
Pushes localized for gTLDs such as .3x under guises of Freedom-of-Speech and
Freedom-of-the-Press, are in fact designed for the benefit of Publishers
et.al..
Ret.: Who stands to Profit ?: The People or the Publishers
Governance?: Rule-the-Root or Defend the Democratic Space
Y
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Ref:
Private Equity Acquisitions in Media and Telecom: CITI meeting September 28,
2007
http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2007-09/msg00058.html
The Age of Spin: Controlling the Message [2007 Los Angeles Times Festival of
Books]
http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0507/btv051307_4b.ram [Real Player]
* STATIC: GOVERNMENT LIARS, MEDIA CHEERLEADERS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT BACK
by Amy Goodman (Author), David Goodman (Author) ISBN: 1401302939
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