RE: [wg-c] Another gTLD starts up

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 08-Apr-2000 Christopher Ambler wrote:
> With the news that .TV is now open for business, we have yet another
> ccTLD mutating into a gTLD.
> 
> It has taken almost FIVE YEARS NOW to get no further than we were
> when we started.
> 
> I call upon ICANN to open the root to new TLDs by their July meeting.
> Companies, such as those pioneers were working with Jon Postel as
> far back as 1995 on the original newdom list, have been economically
> harmed by the delays. Until ICANN, an argument could be made that
> there was no clear authority to add new TLDs. At this time, however,
> the authority path seems to go from ICANN to the DoC.
> 
> Stop the delays, and stop the perpetuation of the artificial scarcity (and,
> some might argue, the perpetuation of NSI's monopoly on gTLDs and
> the economic harm that continues to tax pioneer and prospective
> registries).
> 
> Enough is enough.

Yes, let's work out a process to accept applications and have all them
considered equally on their merits alone.  No preferentional treatment to
anyone.

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William X. Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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