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 --------
"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
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- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
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