The Internet Is Fine … Leave It Be

J.J. Jackson* | June 25, 2008

Yes, I bet you didn’t know that there was a bureaucracy that handled the internet did you? Well there is. And in an effort to make themselves seem more important than they really are, they are meeting to try and see what they can accompish:

The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed.

The net’s regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on so-called top level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed.

If approved, it could allow companies to turn their brands into domain names while individuals could also carve out their own corner of the net.

The move could also see the launch of .xxx, after years of wrangling.

Top level domains are currently limited to individual countries, such as .uk (UK) or .it (Italy), as well as to commerce, .com, and to institutional organisations, such as .net, or .org.

To get around the restrictions, some companies have used the current system to their own ends.
For example, the Polynesia island nation Tuvalu, has leased the use of the .tv address to many television firms.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which acts as a sort of regulator for the net as well as overseeing the domain name system, has been working towards opening up net addresses for the last three years.

Gee, I’d say they’ve done such a bang up job over the whole .com, .net, .org, etc thing! Not!

Come on! Few people use the .com, .net, etc. extensions as they were designed to be used as is. Do we really need rules to loosen things that are already loose?

Every time I sign up a new domain I am offered the opportunity to add the same with a .net, .us, .org, etc. so I’d say the net has basically self regulated itself and delivered what people want without you “regulators” getting involved.

The internet is fine … leave it be.

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