Re: [ga] Geographic and Geopolitical Names in .info

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

on 9/19/01 10:59 AM, J. William Semich at bill@mail.nic.nu wrote:

<snip>

> The key issue here is that a domain name for governments should clearly be
> labeled as just that. And the .gov domain name which is currently "closed
> for US use only", should be opened to other governments to serve that
> purpose internationally, and not the more general .info.
> 
> The purpose and meaning of ".info" should not be twisted to mean "whatever
> a particular government of the day wants you to know."
> 
> Bill Semich
> Internet Users Society - Niue

I concur with Mr Semich. If we wanted to create consumer confusion, we
couldn't have done a better job if we tried. The .info TLD was being sold as
an unchartered TLD and apparently now it is not.

Regards,
Joanna 

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