Here is the NPR article if anyone wants to take a look.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/12/145042807/critics-see-disaster-in-expansion-of-domain-names

a clip . . .

"Beckstrom says ICANN deliberated this move for six years and will take
steps to protect brand names. Besides, he says, there is demand for the new
domains.

But Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, disagrees.

"My sense is that a lot of this demand is just absolutely artificial and
largely imagined by the ICANN board," Leibowitz says. "We're an agency
that's required to protect consumers, and from our perspective, this is a
potential disaster and we have an obligation ... to speak out."


On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> don't fall for commercial fear mongering -  have a read:
> http://www.mediaterrorism.net/
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:11 PM, warigia bowman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> There was an ICANN story on NPR this morning. It made it sound like the
>> extra domain names are a big mistake, and are going to add confusion to the
>> Internet, and force people to do defensive spending to protect that IP in
>> cyberspace.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Rigia
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