Comments on: Analysis: U.S. Government Has Domainers’ Backs

By: Domain Name Wire » News » ICANN Advertises to the Mainstream, Update on New TLDs - The Domain Industry's News Source

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:38:16 +0000

[...] the top level domain space. As the U.S. Department of Justice and Commerce Department pointed out, none of the previously launched TLDs has challenged .com. The proposed process for new TLDs does not create registry-level competition to offer a good deal [...]

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:17:09 +0000

The U.S gov’t will always have control of the Net….it is a U.S. strength.

The Gov’t probably wanted to stay in the shadows but could not ignore ICANN’s abuse anymore.

They saw that disrupting the Net balance in this shaky economy right now is no joke and that is what ICANN was getting ready to do. And guess what, U.S business by sheer numbers would have been affected most. The Net is the U.S’s only saving grace right now…..damn good thing they realized it.

By: US Department of Commerce Expresses New TLD Concerns To ICANN | The domain industry's news source

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:38:51 +0000

[...] wouldn’t go so far as to say that the DOC has domainer’s backs, but Domain Name Wire points out well that the DOC sentiments match some of the concerns that many domainers have about [...]

By: FizWho » US Department of Commerce Expresses New TLD Concerns To ICANN

FizWho » US Department of Commerce Expresses New TLD Concerns To ICANN — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:43:03 +0000

[...] wouldn’t go so far as to say that the DOC has domainer’s backs, but Domain Name Wire points out well that the DOC sentiments match some of the concerns that many domainers have about [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:48:41 +0000

@ Mark – The reason the DoC has somewhat of a say in this is because it essentially “created” ICANN.

(I said “essentially” and “created”, so don’t flame me for this generalization)

By: Mark Ford

Mark Ford — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:38:29 +0000

I think the most important issues are not about alternative TLDs but rather alternative DNSs.

The current root DNS servers are only useful if there is consensus among its users. There are alternative DNS servers that give us more TLDs. Of course, right now, they don’t have the widespread consensus I mentioned but, who knows, maybe one day they will supplant the existing system. Here are just two examples.. yes, they have had a bumpy ride but the concept stands:

New.net
https://new.net/

UnifiedRoot
http://unifiedroot.com/

Should the DoC interfere with these too?

By: jp

jp — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:14:00 +0000

@Mark, just cause you have a DNS server doesn’t mean you can sell a .tld. To have a .tld you must be added to the internet’s root DNS server(s). Guess who controls them.