new gtlds .WEB is ICANN’s First Test of Accountability

[GoKaizen]

If ICANN permits the auction result to stand, ICANN will grant to Verisign, the dominant market player in a non-competitive market, the right to operate the registry for .WEB, the only new TLD expected to pose a significant challenge to the market dominance of Verisign’s .COM and .NET franchise. In turn, granting .WEB to Verisign will expand Verisign’s dominance, restrict competition and consumer choice, and directly contradict ICANN’s values and Bylaws.
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Given the controversy over ICANN’s independence, all eyes will be on the ICANN board to see if it is focused on doing the right thing.sew

Jonathan Robinson
Executive Chairman
Afilias plc

https://afilias.info/blogs/web-icanns-first-test-accountability

 

[HeyNow]

https://afilias.info/blogs/web-icanns-first-test-accountability

True, but it's a good thing. Personally, the current flock of "registries" for the latest crop of gTLDs
seems to me to have too much of sleazy, predatory, dishonest, and overall ethically-challenged practices and policies, designed to thoroughly pork domainers and domain hoarders.

Domainers should like the decision to give .WEB to Verisign.

 

[Jackie]

What happened to Image Online, the original successful bidder for .WEB in the first round of new gTLDs?

 

[GoKaizen]

http://www.domainsherpa.com/chris-ambler-domain-name-expiration/

@DomainSherpa @Michael Cyger

What happened to Image Online, the original successful bidder for .WEB in the first round of new gTLDs?

 

[freddy]

True, but it's a good thing. Personally, the current flock of "registries" for the latest crop of gTLDs
seems to me to have too much of sleazy, predatory, dishonest, and overall ethically-challenged practices and policies, designed to thoroughly pork domainers and domain hoarders.

Domainers should like the decision to give .WEB to Verisign.

this is the worst thing what can happen, it will devide even more the internet. Giving it to verisign is a political decission and force countries to think even more about their own technical solution to become independend from ICANN.

 

[HeyNow]

this is the worst thing what can happen, it will devide even more the internet. Giving it to verisign is a political decission and force countries to think even more about their own technical solution to become independend from ICANN.

First of all, let's start with proper English. "This is the worst thing what can happen, ..." is awful use of English. The proper way to say this is, "This is the worst thing THAT can happen, ..."

Also, "independend" should be INDEPENDENT. "Devide" should be divide.

Now, about the content of your post: Countries are already capable of setting up alternative systems, and have full control over their respective ccTLDs. For example, Tuvalu chose to prostitute their ccTLD over a cliff and give up their identity for a few bucks, leasing the ccTLD to an entity hyping .TV as an abbreviation for "television," instead of Tuvalu.

New.net also successfully tried an alternative system of subdomains in the USA. Image Online Design tried an alternative "root."

Independence from ICANN is out there, but there appears to be no better system.

Verisign = stability. Who do you want running things, Adam Dicker? Ron Jackson? Rich Schwartz? Sahir Sahid? Flippa? Snapnames? Go ahead, pick one.