| Paul Garrin on Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:58:34 +0100 (CET) |
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Top 100 Emerging Generic Toplevel Domains (gTLDs) space 3213 web 2813 art 1344 shop 1251 info 929 sex 913 zone 854 design 794 music 779 firm 766 media 748 travel 735 online 624 inc 614 arts 468 mail 447 home 436 ltd 423 mag 422 bank 417 usa 415 world 414 x 409 2000 404 corp 397 news 393 free 389 fuck 381 service 373 family 372 games 364 cam 361 casino 356 auction 353 asia 352 fun 350 mall 350 cafe 348 law 352 love 346 hacker 341 internet 338 market 334 jam 333 cat 328 zero 328 consulting 326 city 324 radio 324 wine 323 sports 323 software 323 fax 320 channel 319 club 319 sale 318 hole 317 time 313 graphics 313 game 313 network 313 4u 312 film 311 europe 311 lab 309 4all 310 trade 307 irc 306 site 305 host 305 one 305 school 305 power 305 magazine 304 computer 304 group 302 systems 302 girl 302 moon 300 show 300 watch 300 books 299 commerce 299 productions 299 tech 298 now 296 med 295 solutions 295 agency 294 nyc 294 red 293 soft 293 shoes 292 pub 292 box 291 insurance 290 cool 290 etc 290 computers 289 photo 289 If you could only choose 10 new gTLDs what would they be? Should you stop there? If not, what are the limits? (think not just in terms of numbers, but in terms of use and diversity...) The Working Group C (WG-C) of the ICANN Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO) is tasked with making recommendations for the addition ofnew gTLDs to the internet's root so that they will become globally operable. A proposal is to select between six and ten new gTLDs to activate in a "testbed" period, where different technical models and policies will be developed and hopefully successfully deployed. There is a public comment period that ends on January 10, 1999 that will affect the direction of the policy making decisions that will effect every internet user from now on, from issues of domain name rights and freedoms vs. intellectual property, to privacy (i.e. ICANN's mandatory database escrow of personal contact information). It is important that you take some time and review the proposals presented by WG-C and comment on them. It is equally important that you voice your positions on the policies that will ultimately affect all internet users. http://www.dnso.org/dnso/announce/Archives/msg00054.html Issues revolving around domain names include the rights to publish (domains are CONTENT) and the rights to access (without a domain, your site is difficilt to reach, or unreachable), as well as your rights to privacy (who has access to your personal information tied to your domain, and under what circumstances). Leonardo v. Leonardo, Etoys v. Etoy, and the recent actions of the DVDCCA are just a taste of the times to come unless proactive measures are taken. Already the ICANN/WIPO/NSI policies for legacy domains, COM., ORG., NET., are exhibiting their negative and opressive effects. It is important to stop these policies from ruling the new gTLDs that will soon come about, in possibly a mixed environment of ICANN ruled TLDs (such as COM., ORG., NET., and the "six to ten" ICANN gTLDs, and "FREE gTLDs" that are run by autonomous entities, much as the country code ccTLDs are today--they are run independently and are not subject to the rule of ICANN. Name.Space has in place what it believes a model policy for fair use of and access to the internet namespace. Technology and policy through practice, evolved through the constant interaction with the users and the systems which enable their access, to provide fairness and freedoms of speech and privacy for the users of the internet. http://namespace.org/policy The forced "gentrification" and "disneyfication" of cyberspace need not extend to all aspects of it. Freedoms are being negotiated away, far from public view, by commercial contracts. The internet is not borderless, nor is it public--it is a private road connecting gated communities, subject to the terms and conditions the commercial service agreements that bind it all together, creating one interwoven private commercial space. There is no guaranteed free speech or Constitutional protections on this private property. There is potential coercion and "reverse censorship", much more insidious than the "reverse hijacking" as in Etoys v. Etoy. Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI, a/k/a f/k/a/ InterNIC)has won the right in court First Amendment protection, as a private company, NOT to publish anything it judges inappropriate. Their First Amendment rights to Free Speech are protected over YOURS because they own the PROPERTY that provides you with their domain services. When Thing.net was cut off by their upstream provider, many cried "CENSORSHIP". Perhaps it was, in spirit, but the Denial of Service (DoS) attack was in fact a violation of the commercial use policy and service agreement between Thing.net and their upstream provider. The days are counting down to when the last of your rights will be negotiated away in backroom deals between commercial companies. Send your comments to ICANN by January 10, 2000, 18.00 CET. Show your support for DNS FREEDOM while there is still a chance. - --Paul Garrin switch your dns to Name.Space http://namespace.org/switch - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Free Private Encrypted Email https://mail.lokmail.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. 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