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A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement

Comment posted Mar 01, 2006 10:17 pm PST — by Doctor J
This is indeed a very poor "settlement" which would unjustly enrich Verisign and force millions of domain owners to pay ever-increasing, and already-excessive amounts for registration services. Given the huge volumes Verisign handles, the actual cost of the services they…

Some Notes on the .XXX Top-Level Domain

Comment posted Jun 08, 2005 4:37 pm PDT — by Doctor J
Approval of .xxx needs to be seen in context. This approval by a quasi-public body will advance the public interest if it sets the stage for various governments and major market participants (e.g. credit card companies, Google, AOL, MSN, Yahoo, et al) to push pornography away from places where it can be readily seen by children, and those adults who don�t want to see it. Complaints from porn operators and those who are worried about censorship won�t be nearly as persuasive if the porn site operators aren't being put out of business or censored, but are merely being pushed into an �adults only� district. In fact, a virtual red light district will be more convenient for consumers of pornography, who know what they are looking for, and will be able to find it more easily. Creation of a virtual red light district will improve the situation from the perspective of society in general if (and only if): 1. The porn industry moves into that district (it becomes the only acceptable neighborhood for pornography). This could be due to voluntary action, market pressures, technological change, and/or government regulation. 2. Major companies involved in providing internet access (ISPs and distributors of browser software) make it easy for owners of computers (e.g. parents and employers) to block access to that district. For instance, computer owners should be able to ensure that their computers aren't able to access content within the .xxx TLD without proof of eligibility, such as approval by a parent or supervisor. Hence, the ultimate outcome of the .xxx approval will depend almost entirely on what happens next�both with regard to the details of the ICANN contract that will be negotiated, and with the regulatory and/or market forces that evolve out of this decision. Will pornography come to be located exclusively in this virtual red light district? Will it be difficult or impossible for kids to enter the neighborhood? If so, this approval will be good for the pornography industry, as well as society in general.

An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy - Part I

Comment posted May 27, 2004 4:46 pm PDT — by Doctor J
This is an excellent analysis of the underlying factors explaining the economics of TLD names, and it has some interesting implications for improving our understanding of the economics of SLD names, as well as related public policy issues. Some important,…

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