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fluidicmethod |
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Fri, February 1, 2002 at 11:07 PM GMT |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.0 using Windows NT 4.0 |
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.ORG squatting = stupid, Unconstitutional your mom |
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Go to www.mys.org and it gives you this stupid InfoStart.com
page which I have btw seen various times in domain names I accidentilly typed in
(yeah I don't remember them oh well).
Anyway that has always pissed the hell out
of me. I'm in the Minnesota Youth Symphonies and we are of course a non-profit organization
to benefit teen musicians. This is the perfect domain name for the most prestigious
orchestra program in Minnesota yet here is a stupid squatter who wants to see if
some non-profit will shell out enough money to get their name. Its not unconstitutional
to strict .org. At least in my opinion. I'm not a wiz at this at all and I have no
idea what it all means (I'm only 17 years old--blame ignorance haha). Still if ICANN
runs everything then doesn't that mean we ultimately answer to them? Businesses like
networksolutions.com sell us a domain name but they ultimately answer to ICANN
right? Doesn't seem like domain names to me are run by a government agency or anything.
Doesn't seem like City Hall is giving them to me. They sound like a service people
buy from a business. If thats true doesn't that mean we really have no control over
how they are dictated? I remember glancing at a long policy/liability/legal jargon
document that makes sure if anything happens to our "name" we can't blame anyone
for it. Its not your free right to have a domain name on the internet. Its like
someone trying to say that McDonalds must always be forced to sell you a hamburger
when you want it. If ICANN can create more extensions I see no reason that they can
start changing or even deleting some. They've basically given us all a big ball park
to play with but that doesn't mean we own it now.
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