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Big Brands Should Embrace New TLDs & Stop Giving Away Money

• Comment posted Oct 29, 2011 12:48 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Centralnic's role is that of an advisor and/or technical partner/provider.  So we can help companies that choose stock ticker symbols as TLDs. We've had discussions with some companies about the idea; it wouldn't be appropriate for me to reveal any…

• Comment posted Oct 27, 2011 10:28 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Thanks for the note.  We've answered several RFPs for .city TLDs.  We're certainly interested and capable of helping them.

• Comment posted Oct 24, 2011 6:49 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi Alex, Thanks for your comments… 1.) I never said nor did I mean to indicate that advertisers are stupid. Please let's not make this confabulation personal.  In fact these are some of the smartest and most successful advertisers in…

Who Wrote Those ICANN Papers, Anyway: The European Commission or the Government of Iran?

• Comment posted Sep 08, 2011 12:52 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi Milton, Great article. I think you are right on.  I thought that the Affirmation of Commitments was a step in a good direction that would give ICANN a bit more autonomy from the U.S. It seemed that governments around…

ICANN Asked to Remake the Internet in Joseph Smith's Image?

• Comment posted Mar 22, 2009 12:53 am PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Since its inception, ICANN has been influenced by lobbyists for business, intellectual property, registries(ars & ants), governments, non-commercial, and free speech advocates.  Cheryl Preston and those backing her are the first people to come on the scene to advocate for…

Call for Domain Owner Code of Rights and Responsibilities

• Comment posted Jul 27, 2007 2:09 am PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Bob, The Registrant's Code is a good start and it's nice to see you taking a reasonable position on this, one that respects all positions and players. I mention this in contrast to one or two extreme groups active in…

XXX Comes to a Head

• Comment posted Mar 23, 2007 6:10 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  John I agree with you on most of the issues you address.  This is just one that we disagree on and I don't think the direction that ICM has set will go far to accomplishing much about the problem. I…

• Comment posted Mar 23, 2007 3:06 am PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi John, I don't think .xxx will help to solve any problems and I don't think pornography deserves a special place on the Internet.  The adult industry has benefited greatly in the online world and has grown by leaps and…

Meeting Growing Demands of Domain Name Space

• Comment posted Mar 15, 2007 1:50 am PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi Ricardo, Your first point is well taken and a valid marketing concern for a registrant.  This is probably one of the drawbacks about our product.  But yet, we see registrants all over the world that prefer our domains to…

• Comment posted Mar 14, 2007 11:11 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Wow, this thread got resurrected today.  I didn't see the older comments. To Bob - I stand corrected. Thanks. I had the idea that .pro was a sponsored Tld back then. Hi Ricardo, We are all entitled to our opinions.…

XXX Comes to a Head

• Comment posted Mar 14, 2007 8:57 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  I've always thought that .XXX was a bad idea.  Certainly anyone who is honest and who understands DNS and the Internet knows that as proposed, it will do nothing to "Safeguard children" as stated on the ICM web site. That…

The Closing Window: A Historical Analysis of Domain Tasting

• Comment posted Dec 22, 2006 3:32 pm PST — by Joe S Alagna
  Well put Frank.  I think much more is being made of domain tasting than the topic deserves except for a few points… 1.  Nothing should be free. When something is free it is almost always abused. So a small "restocking"…

.XXX as Proposed is Wrong for Families & Kids

• Comment posted Sep 16, 2005 7:09 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Kee, Note to Kee and Suresh, On reflection, I see the error of my logic on the relationship between "children viewing porn" and "child pornographers".  I have no proof that children who view porn necessarily become child pornographers. At the…

• Comment posted Sep 14, 2005 5:38 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Kee & Brett, You have both made good points. I don't pretend to have the perfect solution(s).  I just wanted to inject more thought into the whole thing before a decision is made by ICANN (I think tomorrow).  PICS sounds…

• Comment posted Sep 14, 2005 5:26 am PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Kee The idea of children viewing pornography doesn't seem to bother you at all.  We've made our points. Lets leave it at that and let others decide what to believe.  We disagree. That's fine. I'm just speaking up because I…

• Comment posted Sep 13, 2005 9:03 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi Jothan, Dittos on much of what you are saying (especially being a good friend). There are problems created by outside forces (the USDOC in this case) attempting to control ICANN's decision and I truly care about ICANN's developing success. …

• Comment posted Sep 13, 2005 7:27 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Oh, I forgot to add the link to ICMRegistry's ICANN Proposal… http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/xxx/proposed-xxx-agmt-09aug05.pdf I cited this above in regards to only one mention of children on their application. P.S.  I hope I'm not offending anyone here.  It doesn't appear that I…

• Comment posted Sep 13, 2005 7:20 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi Jothan, Compare my suggestions with the suggestions of IFFOR… They suggest that part of the mission of .XXX is "Sponsoring child safety and anti-child pornography organizations and programs" and "Safeguarding children" ( http://www.icmregistry.com/ ). Stuart Lawley suggests that they…

• Comment posted Sep 13, 2005 3:23 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  To Kee's points… Kee, ask any child pornographer if they viewed pornography as a child.  The answer is inevitably "yes".  So "pornography viewed by children" and "child pornography" are highly related social issues.  Are you implying that "pornography viewed by…

Meeting Growing Demands of Domain Name Space

• Comment posted Apr 06, 2005 8:18 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  Hi Gazza11, Your suggestion might be a preferred choice for many, however it is an option that only the .us registry can offer.  Thanks for the input.

Why Restricted TLDs Should Not Be Gatecrashed

• Comment posted Mar 31, 2005 7:55 pm PST — by Joe S Alagna
  The problem I see is "positioning".  Let's stop trying to pretend that we can regulate who is going to register a domain and what their qualifications are.  That just isn't working except in the most limited senses like .museum or…

Fight Spam With the DNS, Not the CIA

• Comment posted Sep 08, 2003 7:12 pm PDT — by Joe S Alagna
  This sounds like a great idea.  I have regularly been a victim of those that use my family web site address as the return address when they send out email. This is very aggravating.  I would definitely switch to an…