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You'll notice the "Protect Your Brand", in the center. It's not as
big as the criticism below make it to be but it's there.<br>
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Would it be relevant and/or feasible to 'regulate' (read
encourage/constrain ==> through types of means that i will leave
open to discussion) the way registrar can market those new TLD?<br>
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First, it doesn't look good. <br>
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Second, while i don't think anybody (except perhaps established
registrars) who are in favor of gTLD expansion have a clear view of
what the emergent system of naming and names will or should be, i am
pretty sure no-one so disposed would care to advocate that this
system should establish itself mainly as a protection scheme. <br>
<br>
Is forcing advertising to depart with the protection rhetoric a step
forward? Is it feasible?<br>
<br>
Just some thoughts.<br>
<br>
Nicolas<br>
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<td>[ NNSquad ] "Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on
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<td>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:42:23 -0700</td>
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<td>Lauren Weinstein <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<pre>"Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on Network Solutions Home Page
This "in your face" promotion currently running on the Network
Solutions home page clearly illustrates how the current top-level
domains (gTLD) expansion plan is akin to a traditional "Sign up now or
something bad might, uh, happen to you, buddy!" protection racket.
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://j.mp/ofrzyv">http://j.mp/ofrzyv</a> (Lauren's Blog - Screen capture from networksolutions.com)
As you can see, there is no concept of community service, social
responsibility, or even real "value-added" benefits. The promotion
for two TLDs is explicitly about *protection* -- as in protecting
yourself from someone else grabbing those domains and making you look
bad, confusing your customers, and worse -- whether you have any real
interest in those TLDs or not.
And this is *only the beginning*, my friends.
--Lauren--
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