Opposition to new TLDs takes many forms, usually based on misinformation. It includes the idiocy of American advertisers and this somewhat amusing “song” called “The TLD Song (With Apologies to Tom Lehrer and Gilbert & Sullivan)” by Lauren Weinstein.Weinstein’s view can be summed up in his summary where he says “ICANN’s top level domain expansion scheme can be called a lot of things: expensive, deceptive, exploitive, extortive, enraging, confusing, embarrassing, and more … but when you actually look at the massive, rather insane list of TLD applications submitted so far, I’m forced to admit that ICANN’s plan can also be called … entertaining. And so, with apologies to the great Tom Lehrer and his ‘Elements’ song, and of course to Gilbert and Sullivan and their ‘Major-General’s Song’ from the ‘Pirates of Penzanze,’ I offer … ‘The TLD Song.'”Lyrics and more information are available on Lauren’s Blog at lauren.vortex.com/archive/000968.html or youtu.be/ViIDVwoJUQU.
Amusing Albeit Misinformed “TLD Song”
Opposition to new TLDs takes many forms, usually based on misinformation. It includes the idiocy of American advertisers and this somewhat amusing “song” called “The TLD Song (With Apologies to Tom Lehrer and Gilbert & Sullivan)” by Lauren Weinstein.