Re: [ga] gTLDs and the heretofore flawed ICANN paradigm

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sotiris,

Re:  "The current ICANN paradigm is nothing more than
a short-sighted licensing schema which provides
licensees (both registries and registrars) with a
license to 'print money' in the form of residual
registration and related service(s) income(s) in
perpetuity."

I spotted this similar observation today:

"A scam is something that generates revenue without
providing value.  

What is the resolution of ICANN's DNS Whois policy?
You can have your personal privacy, but only if you
are willing to pay for it. You can register a DNS name
anonymously so long as you use an anonymizer service
which doubles the cost of your domain. So we're not
really worried about accountability per say. We've
created a policy which is specifically designed and
intended to generate revenue from people who don't
want to comply with the policy. It serves no other
purpose. Its a scam. 

DNS squatting is also a scam. Squatters make money
from advertisers and from sales. Registrars make money
from the registrations. Verisign makes money from the
Registrars. ICANN makes money from Verisign. 

The reason you can't find a reasonable, available
Internet address for your new project is that they
have leveraged the artificial scarcity of the DNS
system, largely a product of their own policies, to
extort money from you. Everyone involved with the
management of DNS is at the trough. Its an Internet
Stamp Act! Before you can speak online you must pay
all of the corrupt parties who stand at the door with
their hand out. Its like doing business in a third
world country! 

DNS is corruption. There is no party involved who
isn't bent by it. DNS must die. We must find another
way."
http://www.memestreams.net/thread/bid22250/

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