Hence I was trying to distinguish between the different axis of names. 
One of them, the technical, has them unique and thus rival and excludable.

Another one of them, its meaning, on which its economic value lies, is 
non rival and non excludible, unless one posits that there are finite 
ways to express an idea.

But I don't pretend to be sure that that would be a desirable 
strategical way of putting it.

In any case, thx to you, McTim, Nuno, and JC Morin for the valuable 
primers in DNS.

And I will still think that to have IANA functions attributed by NTIA is 
bad. But, like you imply, more TLDs is somewhat of answer to some 
classes of problems that are brought about by different 
jurisdictions/regimes.

Nicolas

On 3/12/2012 12:12 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> It seems to me that by subjugating global public goods (remember my
>> >  proposition re:principles ==>  *what*  are domain names)
> [Milton L Mueller] remember my proposition that domain names are_not_  public goods. They are rival in consumption and one can exclude. End of story.
>