On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Niels ten Oever <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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ICANN.[anydomain] cannot be registered because there is a reserved
name list that is called out in the contract between every registry an
ICANN. I just found this out yesterday myself :)

Best,

Niels

On 03/18/2015 06:08 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote:

I wonder if icann.sucks has already been preemptively registered?
:-)

--c.a.

On 18-03-15 12:21, Nicolas Adam wrote:

Yes we (I) do, and unlimited freedom to create gTLDs should

1) tell the suckers (there is no reason to sugar coat this) that
you can't buy yourself out of criticism

and

2) prevent exorbitant prices for users who want to gleefully spew
on their most hatred brand of product.

So, yes. It's not only considered, it's the basis for my support
for unlimited gTLDs.

Nicolas

On 16/03/2015 12:32 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:

Do we consider this type of scam when some (most?) of us defend
absolute freedom for creating new gTLDs?

--c.a.

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Extortion runs wild on .sucks gTLD Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015
08:28:08 -0700 From: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility)
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Extortion runs wild on .sucks gTLD

".sucks" registrations begin soon--at up to $2,500 per domain

(Ars):
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/sucks-tld-to-accept-sunrise-registrations-soon-but-theyll-be-pricey/

The number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) available for

use has climbed into the hundreds, and ".sucks" will soon be
added to the list. However, angry customers eager to get their
hands on brand-specific domains like "bestbuy.sucks" or
"comcast.sucks" shouldn't get their hopes up; according to
MarketingLand, the domains will cost far more than most
consumers will want to pay.  The pricing situation around
.sucks domain names is complicated. Companies with registered
trademarks will have to pay an astounding $2,499 to register
their trademarked names in .sucks. Registration of
non-trademarked names during the "sunrise" period (March 30
until June 1) before .sucks goes live will cost at least $199
per name, while the standard registration fee after June 1
rises to $249 per name.

Companies are typically hyper-sensitive about brand usage, and
few will want their .sucks domains under someone else's
control. The .sucks pricing scheme has led to outrage from many
quarters, with MarketingLand's writeup quoting several industry
figures who use words like "extortion" and "predatory."

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This is one of the best examples I know of demonstrating how
the gTLD expansion has turned into one giant extortion scheme
for the enrichment of "domainers" and the rest of the
domain-industrial complex -- and to the detriment of the Net at
large. As far as the overwhelmingly vast majority of new gTLDs
is concerned, I've seen nothing from them but spam and phishing
attempts, and I block them from my networks with zero sense of
shame and without any obvious detrimental effects here.
Personally, I recommend that you do the same.

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