Hi Jason,Actually, I did read your proposal and business plan before I wrote that
comment. Also, I'm not about to doubt that your intent is to enhance the Internet.
At
the most basic level here, I am concerned that your proposal treats .kids as something
of secondary importance, an adjuct to a product (.xxx) aimed at the sex industry.
I do not think it is appropriate that the kids domain name sector (or even kid-based
content) should be financed by the profits made out of selling .xxx domain names.
The
pertinent part of your proposal was:
"To this end, ICM Registry will contribute
$6 per domain name for the creation of the .KIDS corporation, support the operation
of the .KIDS registry, develop research on children's programming, protect children
form exposure to adult-oriented content and provide children with tools to go on-line"
Anyway,
I'm interested - what percentage of your .kids advisory board members will be aged
under 12? What percentage aged under 18? What consultation have you done with young
people? How will they meet? Where? How often? How will they (adults and youth) be
selected?
Finally, Michael Palage is both Senior Vice President of your company
and a member of an ICANN working group on intellectual property. Is that a conflict
of interest? (Maybe not, it just seems that way).
Again, thanks for your active
involvement in this discussion board. I certainly much appreciate the time you take
to engage with us in this small way.
I hope you have time to also check out my
organisation - Nation1 - www.nation1.net.
~Nick