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Re[2]: [ga] Press Release Warns Internet Users about ICANN
Hello Rick,
Getting them is so easy for anyone with any basic knowledge of dns. I
really am surprised that you have not been able to do it yourself and
instead post a message insinuating that ORSC is hiding them from you.
I may disagree with ORSC's current positions, but this type of
mischaracterization is really out of line, especially on a public
list.
Thursday, July 06, 2000, 7:43:08 AM, you wrote:
> John,
> I would like daily access to the zone files for the TLDs you are laing
> claim to.
> please let me know how to get them. this is the 3rd time I have asked OSRC
> folks how to get thier zones. at least NSI provides a method that anyone
> can get them.
> so, are you open or does the "O" in ORSC stand for obfuscatory.
> -rick
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Palmer wrote:
>> ON THE EVE OF YOKOHAMA - A RADIO AD CAMPAIGN WARNING INTERNET
>> USERS ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT ICANN WILL DO IF IT STAYS ON ITS
>> PRESENT COURSE
>>
>> CHICAGO, July 5, 2000 /BusinessWire/
>>
>> AGN Domain Name Service, Inc (ADNS - http://www.adns.net) today announce
>> that it will be launching a radio ad campaign to educate users about
>> ICANN and the changes that may be coming to the internet as a result of
>> ICANN's policies.
>>
>> ICANN stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the
>> organization that is attempting to make policy on the future of the internet.
>> ICANN is holding a conference in Yokohama, Japan on July 13 - 17 and may vote
>> on new domain policy at that time.
>>
>> John Palmer, president and CEO of ADNS warns all internet users to watch the
>> developments carefully. "Changes are coming to the internet and they aren't
>> all good", Palmer said. "Special interests have hijacked the process and are
>> influencing policy in a way that will be bad for internet users and especially
>> domain holders". Palmer cites the heavy influence of the World Intellectual
>> Property Organization (WIPO) as an example. "WIPO wants registrars to be burdened
>> with the task of trademark policemen - a task that belongs in the courts, not
>> on the backs of registrars, many of the small businesses with limited resources".
>>
>> Another seemingly contradictory stand that ICANN is taking is their refusal to
>> recognize the intellectual property rights of Top-Level Domain (TLD) owners.
>> "ICANN seems to be interested in the protection of intellectual property, but
>> refuses to recognize the ownership of TLDs by those who claimed them via the
>> legitimate service mark process, such as ADNS did with EARTH, USA and Z.",
>> Palmer said. He says that the biggest threat to domain name holders however,
>> is that the ICANN process would attempt to have domain holders sign away their
>> rights to use the courts to resolve disputes regarding domain ownership.
>>
>> Palmer is not opposed to the concept of ICANN. "The concept of an organization
>> permanently assigned to govern the few aspects of the internet that require
>> oversight is a good one, however this particular process has gone horribly wrong
>> and permanent damage to the Internet will occur if it is not stopped and fixed".
>>
>> The radio ad campaign which will air continuously on several nationally syndicated
>> shows will begin later this week and will run for about 10 days. It will inform
>> users about ICANN and will point them to a website that contains more detailed
>> information. One of the solutions suggested is for ISPs and internet users to
>> point their machines away from the root servers operated by ICANN and to
>> alternative providers who are not under ICANN's control. Instructions for doing
>> this are available at various websites, including that of ADNS.
>>
>> Palmer also announced today that ADNS's root nameserver, ASLAN, a member
>> of the Open Root Server Consortium, received 763,311 hits in June - an
>> increase of over 40% over May.
>>
>> "Registrations of domains ending in EARTH, USA and Z are also up to several
>> thousand domain names. We have really seen a growth in registrations in the
>> past month due to our educational campaign", said Palmer. "What's more important
>> is that people are switching to other root server networks in large numbers,
>> showing that they do take notice and are concerned about ICANN".
>>
>> ADNS owns the three top-level domains "EARTH", "USA" and "Z" and provides internet
>> sites with the ability to register a domain under these top-level domains. ADNS
>> has been providing internet related services since 1993.
>>
>> Each month, ADNS will offer free registration, web hosting service and domain
>> service for those registering a domain in a specific part of the EARTH, USA or
>> Z hierarchy, provided that they promise to develop public content under that domain name.
>> This month, anyone who registers a domain which ends in MISSISSIPPI.USA on July 10th
>> between 4am and 5 am Eastern Time will receive free registration, DNS and web hosting
>> services for one year.
>>
>> ADNS is part of the Open Root Server Consortium (ORSC - http://www.open-rsc.org ),
>> a group of individuals and organizations who are all interested in an open, fair
>> and technically sound global Domain Name System for the internet. ADNS is providing
>> ASLAN free of charge for the use of the internet community.
>>
>> ADNS also operates the internet portal site called http://The.EARTH.
>> This site is accessible to any computer that is pointing to the new DNS servers.
>>
>> SOURCE: AGN Domain Name Service, Inc.
>>
>> CONTACT: John Palmer, jp@adns.net / 312-849-2753
>>
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