[ga] from the "some things never change" department

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

"This transformation of the Internet into a global
communication medium has greatly increased the size of
the Internet community, as well as the diversity and
intensity of views held by it members. Perhaps no
issue has generated as passionate an expression of
diverse, and often conflicting, views as has the issue
of whether, when and how new gTLDs should be added to
the Internet. A recent report by the World
Intellectual Property Organization had this to say
about that debate:

It is not a secret that the questions of whether, how
and when new gTLDs should be added have attracted a
diversity of views, if not sharply divided views. At
one end of the spectrum, certain Internet
constituencies have maintained that the Internet
should be an open system and that, at least in
principle, any person should be able to introduce a
new top-level domain, leaving the market to be the
ultimate arbiter of its success. At the other end of
the spectrum, some stakeholders have expressed
strongly the view that no new TLDs should be added, at
least at this stage. Among the reasons in support of
this latter position is a belief that there is
currently no demonstrated need for additional name
space and that adding new gTLDs will aggravate
intellectual property problems and create consumer
confusion."

July 26, 1999
http://www.name-space.com/law/appeal/NSI2dcir.Brief.html



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