[atlarge-discuss] FYI: Washington Post on ICANN/NEW DOMAINS and a bonus

[espresso@e-scape.net]

>ICANN PROPOSES ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW DOMAINS
>Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>and Numbers (ICANN), said he supports creating three new so-called
>"sponsored" domains, as early as next year. Unsponsored domains, such
>as dot-com and dot-org, are open to anyone. Names in sponsored domains
>are limited to specific groups, such as museums for dot-museum and
>employee-owned co-ops for dot-coop. The ICANN board of directors could
>vote on the proposal next month. Karl Auerbach, a member of the ICANN
>board, disagrees with the plan to add only sponsored domains. Auerbach
>contends that as many domains should be added as the market can
>sustain.
>Washington Post, 11 November 2002
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38130-2002Nov11.html

and the bonus forward is...

>> The Death Of The Internet
>> How Industry Intends To Kill The 'Net As We Know It
>> Jeff Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy 
>> <http://www.democraticmedia.org/>.
>>
>> The Internet’s promise as a new medium -- where text, audio, video and 
>> data can be freely exchanged -- is under attack by the corporations 
>> that control the public’s access to the 'Net, as they see 
>> opportunities to monitor and charge for the content people seek and 
>> send. The industry’s vision is the online equivalent of seizing the 
>> taxpayer-owned airways, as radio and television conglomerates did over 
>> the course of the 20th century.
>>
>> http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/6600

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