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In a <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/pdfZuXmEV9jtt.pdf">letter to ICANN</a>
(<a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/pdfZuXmEV9jtt.pdf">http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/pdfZuXmEV9jtt.pdf</a>) Victoria
Scheckler, Deputy General Council of the Recording Industry of America
writes:<br>
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<i>"Under the current proposed standard, we fear that we will have no
realistic ability to object if a pirate chooses to hijack a music themed
gTLD to enable wide scale copyright infringement of our works."</i><br>
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It appears that some of the Commercial contingent are upset with the
Draft Guidelines and are falling back on FUD tactics with the implied
hint that Piracy
and other nefarious things will be perpetuated under the new gTLD DAG.
I've seen some real "Movie Plot" scenarios thrown about on the internet with
regards to security and piracy -- this one is a whole new level of silly.
Hijacking a whole TLD? <br><br>Pinning your argument on nebulous and heretofore unseen problems like gTLD hijacking for the benefit of Piracy, in my opinion this removes the legitimacy of the underpinnings and logic for the position the RIAA is attempting to make.<br>
<br>I take umbrage as a non-commercial user at the threats hinted at
if they don't get their way, it's great that they have all sorts of lawyers and groups to represent their interests, but they need to realize that they are not the only users/concern for policymakers. Content Providers need to understand that the internet
is for everyone, and compromise is oftentimes needed in an imperfect world.<br>
<br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/01/big-content-to-icann-make-it-easier-for-us-to-challenge-domain-suffixes.ars">Ars Technica</a> also has a summary of this as they see it. (<a href="http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/01/big-content-to-icann-make-it-easier-for-us-to-challenge-domain-suffixes.ars">http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/01/big-content-to-icann-make-it-easier-for-us-to-challenge-domain-suffixes.ars</a>)<br>
<br>Just my .02<br><br>-Mike<br>