8 Comments
- oldtomjoad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please follow George's instructions on how to lodge an objection. THIS IS IMPORTANT!!! Nice one George! Good on you for spreading the word.
- Himself, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1better title:
icann approves domain GOUGING by registrars - LewR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0THAT is what it will take to open peoples eyes - a court battle over such a price - it will be corporate extortion !!!
Folks better wake up and do something BEFORE it all goes down. - againes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this should not be allowed as it deters people from building good important sites.
- arasari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I bet Digg.com would hate to pay 100k or more per year for there yearly domain registration fees, this is nothing but an attempt at legalized theft.
- edwin76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Unreal, how can this even be contemplated?
What a bunch of crooks! - blogmaker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0you can voice your opinion on this here:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28jul06.htm - joezeppy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If this thing is approved, it sets an awful precedent for the online world. How would you like it if every good domain was priced like this...
http://www.tv/en-def-42f796cbb135/cgi-bin/multilookup.cgi?domain=cars&tld=tv&x=24&y=9
http://tinyurl.com/sxvoo
Just watch. The writing is on the wall and they are not afraid to try to charge you WAY more for your domain name. They're doing it already.
Nothing in this contract prevents these natural monopolies from raising your domain name price to what the highest bidder is willing to pay.


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