Comments on: $4 Million Spent Lobbying Congress on Domain Names http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/ News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stu http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-605215 stu Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:49:16 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-605215 Ahh the good old corrupt right wing America at work again....... Ahh the good old corrupt right wing America at work again…….

]]> By: domain guy http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-605085 domain guy Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:25:22 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-605085 i do not see marchex here.also verisign deserves its $1 plus per domain profit/price hike they lobby their interests.i also noticed the ica was very little at $10k..as this organization is supported by domainers.so what we have here is large corporations influence lobbying efforts and the individuals are left in the dust with little or no voice in governement regulation...no surprise here. i do not see marchex here.also verisign deserves its $1 plus per domain profit/price hike they lobby their interests.i also noticed the ica was very little at $10k..as this organization is supported by domainers.so what we have here is large corporations influence lobbying efforts and the individuals are left in the dust with little or no voice in governement regulation…no surprise here.

]]> By: Andrew Allemann http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-604951 Andrew Allemann Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:25:50 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-604951 @ Antony - probably true, although they lump their expenditures under "trademark" instead of "domains" @ Antony – probably true, although they lump their expenditures under “trademark” instead of “domains”

]]> By: Antony Van Couvering http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-604693 Antony Van Couvering Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:45:09 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-604693 This tally is woefully short. To make a fair comparison, you would need to add the considerable monies spent by Verizon, AT&T, NetChoice, INTA, and the various other intellectual property interests. I suspect they would dwarf these amounts. This tally is woefully short. To make a fair comparison, you would need to add the considerable monies spent by Verizon, AT&T, NetChoice, INTA, and the various other intellectual property interests. I suspect they would dwarf these amounts.

]]> By: DomainersChoice.com http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-604436 DomainersChoice.com Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:26:17 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-604436 to take this domain away from the owner would be the biggest joke. Which IRS would get it, the USA, UK, Australia.... to take this domain away from the owner would be the biggest joke. Which IRS would get it, the USA, UK, Australia….

]]> By: Jim Fleming http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-604389 Jim Fleming Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:11:07 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-604389 Those numbers are tiny in comparison to the IPv4 Address Spectrum carted away for FREE ? by big Carriers. A /8 is worth about $1,600,000,000 based on $10 per-static IP per-month consumer fees. http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.xml The RIRs apparently pay nothing to ICANN. The large telco Carriers also pay nothing ? The valuable under-belly of the .ARPA Internet continues to be milked with little or no concern for the value of the assets being exploited. Those numbers are tiny in comparison to the
IPv4 Address Spectrum carted away for FREE ?
by big Carriers.

A /8 is worth about $1,600,000,000 based on
$10 per-static IP per-month consumer fees.

http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.xml

The RIRs apparently pay nothing to ICANN. The
large telco Carriers also pay nothing ?

The valuable under-belly of the .ARPA
Internet continues to be milked with little
or no concern for the value of the assets
being exploited.

]]> By: Ms Domainer http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/21/4-million-spent-lobbying-congress-on-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-604367 Ms Domainer Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:39:28 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11916#comment-604367 * Cybersquatting on the IRS? LOL Seriously, although the owner probably has the legal right to the IRS domain, I wouldn't want to tangle with the IRS, unless I were safely tucked on the Cayman Islands with a load of money and a sharp trademark/domain lawyer working to defend it. * *

Cybersquatting on the IRS?

LOL

Seriously, although the owner probably has the legal right to the IRS domain, I wouldn’t want to tangle with the IRS, unless I were safely tucked on the Cayman Islands with a load of money and a sharp trademark/domain lawyer working to defend it.

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