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On 05-Oct-14 19:02, DeeDee Halleck wrote:<br>
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href="https://rally.org/namespace">https://rally.org/namespace</a>
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<div><span
style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">"<i>The
city has recently been selling off .nyc addresses, even
though Garrin repeatedly has explained that he created the
.nyc top-level domain name — and .sex, .chat, .art and
many, many more — as early as 1996</i>."</span><br
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<div><span class=""
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:georgia,'palatino
linotype',palatino,'times new
roman',times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:19px"><b>From
The Villager Blog:</b></span></div>
<div><span class=""
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:georgia,'palatino
linotype',palatino,'times new
roman',times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:19px"><b>Dot
means war!</b></span><b
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,'palatino
linotype',palatino,'times new
roman',times,serif;font-size:15px;line-height:19px">Paul
Garrin</b><span class=""
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:georgia,'palatino
linotype',palatino,'times new
roman',times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:19px">,
of name.space, is fighting back. The city has recently
been selling off .nyc addresses, even though Garrin
repeatedly has explained that he created the .nyc
top-level domain name — and .sex, .chat, .art and many,
many more — as early as 1996. He’s been operating all of
them on “alternate root,” outside of the main Internet
that we all use, because the powers that be, a.k.a. ICANN
(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers),
won’t let him into the “main root.” Now that the options
of Internet suffix possibilities are finally being
expanded, the East Village tech pioneer isn’t willing to
give up what’s his. And why should he? He’s working to
raise $75,000 for his lawsuit in federal court against
ICANN. As part of his plan to sell .nyc addresses, profits
would be funneled back into social-justice causes, like
equipping schools with laptops or buying back the old P.S.
64 / CHARAS and restoring it as a community center. (Oh
well, it may be too late for that last one,
unfortunately.) You can help Garrin by donating at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://rally.org/namespace">rally.org/namespace</a>. </span><br>
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So a squatter thinks he has a right to what he squatted on? How
does that work with real property? (Hint: the sheriff evicts.)<br>
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Whatever some may think about the little guy vs. power, alternate
roots are not a good thing. (Insert standard list of reasons here.)<br>
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Please don't donate to this cause. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Timothe Litt
ACM Distinguished Engineer
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This communication may not represent the ACM or my employer's views,
if any, on the matters discussed.
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