Re: [ga] Text of Radio Ad which will start running nationwide on7/7/2000

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Ken,

If we only could stop unwanted e-mails.

I suggest the ADNS folks stop using ICANN gTLDs. If they would only
use their own gTLDs and not ICANNs I think we all would be alot happier.

ttfn,

-rick


On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Ken Stubbs wrote:

> this kind of an advertisement is not at all appropriate for the ga list !!!
> 
> this is a forum for open discussion... not open advertising
> 
> 
> ken stubbs
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: John Palmer 
>   To: ga@dnso.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 1:05 PM
>   Subject: [ga] Text of Radio Ad which will start running nationwide on 7/7/2000
> 
> 
> 
>   Things are about to change on the internet and not for the better. 
> 
>   The US government has sanctioned a new organization, ICANN, to be 
> 
>   in charge of internet domains and addresses. Rather than making the internet
> 
>   more open, ICANN is restricting domain ownership rights and has sold out
> 
>   to powerful special interest.
> 
>    
> 
>   There is an alternative. The same characteristics that make the internet
> 
>   able to survive a nuclear strike allow internet users to go around
> 
>   organizations like ICANN and their special interest masters. Alternative
> 
>   domain networks, such as the Open Root Server Consortium, allow you to see 
> 
>   ALL of the sites available on the internet, not just the ones that ICANN
> 
>   wants you to see. If you are an Internet provider, you can go around ICANN and
> 
>   make the entire internet available to your users in only 2 minutes. Are 
> 
>   you an internet user whose ISP is still using the ICANN-controlled domain
> 
>   name system? A few simple steps is all it takes for you to bypass ICANN and
> 
>   see all of the sites on the internet.
> 
>    
> 
>   This announcement is sponsored by ADNS, owner and registrar for the
> 
>   top level domains EARTH, USA and Z. ADNS is a proud supporter of 
> 
>   the Open Root Server Consortium. 
> 
> 
>    
>   Do you operate a website? Are you frustrated that your first choice
> 
>   for a domain name was taken? You can now obtain a domain ending in
> 
>   ".EARTH", ".USA" or ".Z". To register an EARTH, USA or Z domain and for
> 
>   more information about the ICANN takeover of the internet and what you can do
> 
>   to stop it, visit the ADNS website at WWW.ADNS.NET, 
> 
>   thats WWW.ADNS.NET. Don't let ICANN's special interests hijack the 
> 
>   internet and remember, ICANN really means YOU CAN'T
> 

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