essage to ICANN: Let
those who want to create a Okay, this month, GoDaddy will be
TLD, simply register it allocating cheaperwebhosting.com,
with ICANN. doggrommingmadeeasy.net, and
virtualinternetwebnetwork.net. We
If the TLD is not already taken, will be taking applications and
if they have the technical public comment during the month
capability to mange the TLD, and of February. We will then spend
they have the desire to market another month reviewing the
domain names on that TLD, then applicants business plans to
let them do so. decide who we will allocate the
domain name to. If you are not
It should be similar to the approved to manage the domain
registering of a domain name, name you apply for, your
except on a higher level, with application fee will be held by
the added technical requirements. GoDaddy until further notice.
ICANN should be sort of an
upper-registry for TLDs. Some people will say that is not
a good analogy, but it is a
It would be ludicrous for a perfect analogy. Here is why: If
domain name registrar like info.com was still available and
GoDaddy or eNom to ask you for a I registered it. I could then
business plan, or a start selling subdomains like
non-refundable application fee, car.info.com, computer.info.com,
before allowing you to register a icann.info.com or any other
domain name. It would be subdomain someone wished to
ridiculous for a registrar to purchase from me. The subdomain
have "rounds" of domain name is one dot removed from the
releases of names "they chose" in domain name the same as the
advance. domain name is one dot removed
from the TLD. run a clothing store? No.
There is no longer any reason to Does the city think you will hurt
believe ICANN is doing anything them economically if your
other than restricting free clothing store goes out of
enterprise and free trade by not business? No, it's none of their
opening up the market for TLDs. business.
It is no longer acceptable that
ICANN should be the one to decide Is the city concerned that there
which TLDs will or will not be may not enough demand for yet
created nor is it acceptable that another clothing store? No, again
ICANN gets to choose who can or none of their business.
cannot run a TLD.
ICANN not allowing me, or anyone
Do you present a businesss plan else in the world, to create a
to the city you live in before TLD of our choice in any language
they allow you a business we choose, is a blatant violation
license? No. of our rights. In many countries,
America among them, the right to
Does the city ask you to prove free enterprise still exists.
you are financially stable before ICANN is denying me that right as
issuing you a business license? an American citizen and doing so
No, as long as you pay the when even their own organization
registration fee. exists under American law.
If you apply for a business There are no needs for auctions
license to open a clothing store, or rounds or anything else. If
does the city ask how you will you want to run a TLD, then you
run your clothing store or if you register it and start selling
have the necessary expertise to domain names. If you fail, you
fail, just as in any other namespace to make a few business
business venture you take on. intellectual property interests
happy has to stop.
Artificially restricting
About the Author:
Chris McElroy AKA NameCritic has been involved in Internet Marketing since 1995, has participated in Internet Governance since 1998, in working groups for the former DNSO and AtLarge, now in mailing lists about the GNSO and ICANN. He has been an advocate for the rights of individual users. His blog is at http://icann.thingsthatjustpissmeoff.com
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