<joking> I've just bought cafonso.sucks... </joking> --c.a. On 04/10/2015 11:55 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [ PFIR ] Internet Naming Body Moves to Crack Down on '.sucks' > Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 17:59:56 -0700 > From: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List > <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List > <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Internet Naming Body Moves to Crack Down on '.sucks' > > (ABC): > http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/internet-naming-body-moves-crack-sucks-30211323 > > The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, on > Thursday sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and > Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs to see if the actions of company > Vox Populi Registry Ltd. are illegal. ICANN initially approved of the > so-called top-level domain name, among nearly 600 it has added > recently to expand beyond common names such as ".com," ''.org" and > ".us." But it is backtracking after an advisory panel made up of > industry groups and companies like Microsoft, Verizon and eBay > complained last month. Vox Populi began accepting registrations using > ".sucks" on March 30 from trademark holders and celebrities before > it's released to public applicants. It has recommended charging $2,499 > a year for the privilege, and according to Vox Populi CEO John Berard, > most of the names have been sold by resellers for around $2,000 a > year. So far, purchased names include Youtube.sucks, Bing.sucks, > Visa.sucks, Bankofamerica.sucks, Yahoo.sucks, Telusmobility.sucks and > other major brand names. > > - - - > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein ([log in to unmask]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Founder: > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: > http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein > Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > > _______________________________________________ > pfir mailing list > http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir >