Concerns relating to ICANN’s proposal for approving new gTLDs grab Seth Finkelstein’s attention in The Guardian, and in particular “morality and public order” being used as reasons to deny new gTLDs. Finkelstein refers to the KTCN and then quotes Professor Jonathan Zittrain who has previously said “Arguments about Icann and domain names don’t much matter except to those who want a piece of the financial pie, and I think predictions of domain names’ unimportance have largely proven true.” Finkelstein goes on to say ICANN has been long “dogged by problems of transparency and accountability [and] viewed with suspicion by many observers. It is easy to paint it as a villain against a fantasy of utopia. But even a small familiarity with the shenanigans surrounding monetising domain names should make you pause for thought before advocating a laissez-faire system.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/23/guardianweeklytechnologysection.internet
What’s in a name? Tell that to those arguing the toss over .xxx
Concerns relating to ICANN’s proposal for approving new gTLDs grab Seth Finkelstein’s attention in The Guardian, and in particular “morality and public order” being used as reasons to deny new gTLDs. Finkelstein refers to the KTCN and then quotes Professor Jonathan Zittrain.