And this is something that several people in the so-called "technical community" find beyond their understanding -- after all, ICANN is a technical organization in charge only of names, numbers and protocols :) --c.a. On 03/11/2013 12:46 PM, William Drake wrote: > Debate is spreading beyond the ICANNosphere and getting interesting… > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324096404578352532206088970.html#printMode > > /Large and small companies are vying for control of an array of new > Internet domain names, but Amazon.com Inc.'s AMZN -0.95% plans are > coming under particular scrutiny. Two publishing industry groups, the > Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, are objecting > to the online retailer's request for ownership of new top-level domain > names that are partof a long-awaited expansion of the Web's addressing > scheme. They argue that giving Amazon control over such addresses—which > include ".book," ".author" and ".read"—would be a threat to competition > and shouldn't be allowed./