[NCUC-DISCUSS] FYI This case is moving forward

[Timothe Litt]

On 05-Oct-14 19:02, DeeDee Halleck wrote:
> https://rally.org/namespace
>
> "/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/."
>
> *From The Villager Blog:*
> *Dot means war!**Paul Garrin*, 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 rally.org/namespace
> <http://rally.org/namespace>. 
> -- 
> http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org

So a squatter thinks he has a right to what he squatted on?  How does
that work with real property?  (Hint: the sheriff evicts.)

Whatever some may think about the little guy vs. power, alternate roots
are not a good thing.  (Insert standard list of reasons here.)

Please don't donate to this cause. 

Timothe Litt
ACM Distinguished Engineer
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