ICANN Likely to Approve "Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex" Domain for Chumps!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: June 24, 2010 5:29:58 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: ICANN Likely to Approve "Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex" Domain for Chumps!

>          ICANN Likely to Approve "Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex" Domain for Chumps!
>
>                http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000723.html
>
>
> Greetings.  Word is that tomorrow ICANN is likely to reverse itself
> yet again, and (under continuing lawsuit threats from the would-be
> TLD-operator who desperately wants to cash-in on this fiasco) 
> unwisely approve a "dot-ex-ex-ex" top-level domain 
> ( http://bit.ly/aXdX4k [IBTimes] ).
>
> Every word that I wrote back in 2005 about this topic, in "Open
> Letter: Why 'Dot-Ex-Ex-Ex' is for Chumps" still holds true, perhaps
> even more now half a decade later 
> ( http://bit.ly/bRtaFj [Lauren's Blog] ).
>
> If ICANN moves as reported on this, it is bad news for everyone
> concerned about free speech and civil liberties on and off the
> Internet, regardless of how you feel about the sorts of enterprises
> being targeted by this new TLD.
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren () vortex com
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, NNSquad
>   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
> Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
>   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
> Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein



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