ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[zaid at zaidali.com (Zaid Ali)]

On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote:

> 
> On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:21 PM, David Conrad wrote:
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>> On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>>> Aw, Jeezus.
>>> 
>>> No.  Just, no.
>>> 
>>> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/17/202245/
>> 
>> You just learned about this now?
> 
> On a related topic, the US DoJ recently wrote a letter suggesting that DNS registry/registrar vertical integration might not be a good idea (from an anti-trust perspective).
> 
> http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-dengate-thrush-16jun11-en.pdf
> 
> Cheers,
> -Benson


And before that, a need for a comprehensive economic study http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/msg00013.html

See a pattern?

Zaid