Thanks for sharing, I wonder if others onlist were ever "forced subscribed" to the author's lists. Below occured last year prompting me to speedily request him to unsubscribe my email address. - - - begin - - Forwarded conversation Subject: Welcome to the "gctip-int" mailing list ------------------------ From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:16 AM To: [log in to unmask] Greetings. This is the initial announcements mailing list for Project IDONS - Internet Distributed Open Name System. If you receive this mailing, it means you were likely either in direct contact with me, or sent email to [log in to unmask], regarding the IDONS project. Since I have set up the IDONS Discussion Forums under the auspices of GCTIP (Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance), I have "repurposed" an existing GCTIP list to get initial announcements out quickly. Ultimately this list will be changed to a more obvious name -- but at the moment it's close enough for jazz! 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Thanks. Gakuru. -- regards, Alex Gakuru http://www.mwenyeji.com Hosting, surprise yourself! ---------- From: *Lauren Weinstein* <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:59 AM To: Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> Done. Sorry about that. --Lauren-- ---------- From: *Alex Gakuru* <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:09 AM To: Lauren Weinstein <[log in to unmask]> appreciated. - - - ends - - On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Nicolas Adam <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > You'll notice the "Protect Your Brand", in the center. It's not as big as > the criticism below make it to be but it's there. > > Would it be relevant and/or feasible to 'regulate' (read > encourage/constrain ==> through types of means that i will leave open to > discussion) the way registrar can market those new TLD? > > First, it doesn't look good. > > Second, while i don't think anybody (except perhaps established registrars) > who are in favor of gTLD expansion have a clear view of what the emergent > system of naming and names will or should be, i am pretty sure no-one so > disposed would care to advocate that this system should establish itself > mainly as a protection scheme. > > Is forcing advertising to depart with the protection rhetoric a step > forward? Is it feasible? > > Just some thoughts. > > Nicolas > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] "Domain > Protection Racket" Promotion on Network Solutions Home Page Date: Sun, 28 > Aug 2011 12:42:23 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <[log in to unmask]><[log in to unmask]> To: > [log in to unmask] > > "Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on Network Solutions Home Page > > This "in your face" promotion currently running on the Network > Solutions home page clearly illustrates how the current top-level > domains (gTLD) expansion plan is akin to a traditional "Sign up now or > something bad might, uh, happen to you, buddy!" protection racket. > http://j.mp/ofrzyv (Lauren's Blog - Screen capture from networksolutions.com) > > As you can see, there is no concept of community service, social > responsibility, or even real "value-added" benefits. The promotion > for two TLDs is explicitly about *protection* -- as in protecting > yourself from someone else grabbing those domains and making you look > bad, confusing your customers, and worse -- whether you have any real > interest in those TLDs or not. > > And this is *only the beginning*, my friends. > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein ([log in to unmask]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org > Founder: > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren > Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > >