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:
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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.