[ga] Re: [DOMAIN POLICY] ICANN pushes members-only domains

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All,

  Seems that Stuart Lynn is not paying very good attention.  That is not
surprising however.  Most of the problems that MR. Lynn is stating
as support for his incorrect assumption centers around the several
problems with .INFO and .BIZ.  Many of us knew and informed
ICANN in Nov. 2000 and in the DNSO GA WG-C see:
 http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Arc00/maillist.html
and  http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Arc01/maillist.html

  As such, one has to wonder if MR. Lynn is paying attention?

domainpolicy wrote:

> The URL for this news release:
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8436749.html
>
> --- In DOMAINPOLICY@y..., Jeff Williams <Jwkckid1@i...> wrote:
> > All and whomever posted this,
> >
> >   URL please!  >;)
> >
> > domainpolicy wrote:
> >
> > > ICANN pushes members-only domains
> > > By Reuters
> > > January 10, 2002, 5:20 p.m. PT
> > >
> > > WASHINGTON--The president of the group that oversees the
> Internet's
> > > naming system said Thursday that he favored creating new members-
> > > only suffixes, such as .edu and .museum, over unrestricted
> domains
> > > such as .com, .biz and .info.
> > >
> > > M. Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for
> Assigned
> > > Names and Numbers, said restricted top-level domains open only to
> > > members of a select group such as schools or museums would likely
> > > pose fewer problems than unrestricted top-level domains open to
> the
> > > general public.
> > >
> > > "A lot of the problems surrounding the new (top-level domains)
> are
> > > less (common) in a sponsored environment," he said.
> > >
> > > Lynn's comments echo those made by ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf at a
> > > meeting with reporters in December.
> > >
> > > ICANN's board approved seven new domains in November 2000--
> > > .biz, .info, .name, .pro, .aero, .coop and .museum--but has not
> yet
> > > made firm plans to expand the domain-name system further. A
> > > committee headed by Lynn is setting up guidelines to evaluate the
> > > success of the new domains.
> > >
> > > The organization approved the new domains in response to concerns
> > > that desirable names in established domains such as .com, .net
> > > and .org have become increasingly hard to find. But a recent
> study
> > > by Internet research firm Netcraft found domain-name demand
> > > slackening as the number of active Web sites shrank by 182,000 to
> > > 36.28 million in December.
> > >
> > > Analysts attribute the drop-off in total registered names to a
> > > decline in cybersquatting, as fewer speculators buy up names with
> > > the hopes of reselling them for a profit.
> > >
> > > Rough takeoff
> > > Cybersquatting disputes are less likely in a tightly regulated
> > > domain, Lynn said.
> > >
> > > "It may be that a number of these cybersquatting or trademark
> > > disputes are going to be less because there's a lot of careful
> > > evaluation to make sure that someone really is using them for
> their
> > > announced" purpose, he said.
> > >
> > > For example, two of the new unrestricted domains, .biz and .info,
> > > ran into trouble during their launch processes last summer.
> > >
> > > Afilias, a group of 18 domain-name sellers in charge of .info,
> has
> > > struggled to root out name holders who claimed false trademarks
> to
> > > snap up names such as www.finance.info during a special
> > > preregistration period designed for trademark owners. Up to one-
> > > quarter of the names awarded during that period may have used
> false
> > > data, according to one study.
> > >
> > > NeuLevel, the Sterling, Va.-based company in charge of .biz,
> faces a
> > > lawsuit from a group of customers charging that the company's
> method
> > > of handing out desirable addresses such as www.show.biz
> constitutes
> > > an illegal lottery.
> > >
> > > Afilias says it has registered more than 675,000 names; NeuLevel
> > > claims 500,000 .biz registrations. By contrast, VeriSign controls
> > > roughly 23 million .com names, according to SnapNames, a domain-
> name
> > > seller.
> > >
> > > At a Dec. 10 breakfast meeting, Cerf told reporters that
> restricted
> > > domains would create fewer problems as well.
> > >
> > > "It's probably easier for ICANN to pursue sponsored-type (top-
> level
> > > domains), as opposed to generic" domains, he said. "It also
> helps to
> > > balance trademark concerns."
> > >
> > > Lynn and Cerf both emphasized that their opinions were their own
> and
> > > not that of ICANN, but both said others agreed with them.
> > >
> > > "More people I talk to think it's the more likely direction,"
> Lynn
> > > said.
> > >
> > > Board member Karl Auerbach said ICANN should not impose
> regulations
> > > on new top-level domains, much less limit the number of domains
> > > available.
> > >
> > > "ICANN shouldn't be caring anything about what a (top-level
> domain)
> > > is used for. That's up to the operator," he said.
> > >
> > >
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> > Regards,
> > --
> > Jeffrey A. Williams
> > Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 121k members/stakeholdes strong!)
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Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 121k members/stakeholdes strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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