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Hence I was trying to distinguish between the different axis of
names. One of them, the technical, has them unique and thus rival
and excludable. <br>
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Another one of them, its meaning, on which its economic value lies,
is non rival and non excludible, unless one posits that there are
finite ways to express an idea.<br>
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But I don't pretend to be sure that that would be a desirable
strategical way of putting it.<br>
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In any case, thx to you, McTim, Nuno, and JC Morin for the valuable
primers in DNS.<br>
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And I will still think that to have IANA functions attributed by
NTIA is bad. But, like you imply, more TLDs is somewhat of answer to
some classes of problems that are brought about by different
jurisdictions/regimes.<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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On 3/12/2012 12:12 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It seems to me that by subjugating global public goods (remember my
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>proposition re:principles ==> <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>what<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> are domain names)
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<pre wrap="">[Milton L Mueller] remember my proposition that domain names are <span class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>not<span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> public goods. They are rival in consumption and one can exclude. End of story.
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