Not to mention, if I recall, there was a big stink about it - but each regisrty operator is pretty much free to make their own rules, within the contraints of their ruling parties (verisign, for example, is under ICANN/DoC/etc)
Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting point. > > off the top of my head, .TV is a country code. each national > jurisdiction/country can dole out or not their domains in the manner that > they see fit. > > .com's, .net's and .org's etc are under Iana/Icann/ US dept. of treasury/... > imo, it is understood or is there a perception that these domains exist to > serve the interest of the global net community. that community of you / > me/us. > > duck/ > > Swerve > > > From: "myOstrich Internet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: myOstrich Intenet > > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:28:46 -0500 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: So how's this all different from .tv? > > > > With all the hoopla over VeriSign and "premium" domain names, why is > > there no complaint about "Premium Registrations" of .tv names? > > > > The fact that the .tv Registry set up a premium domain system from the > > start, and did not wait until later? > > > > China.tv just sold through the registry, for the first time, for > > $100,000. Not after-market, but at market. Don't you think that VeriSign > > noticed this? They see huge $$$ on the table, but if you believe that > > all the hot domains are gone in the .com space, then how would you > > capitalize on this bonanza? With some form of premium domain service. > > > > Since the "premium domains" in the .com space are simply those domains > > that people are trying to pick up at dropped-domain-hour, this seems to > > fit the business model fairly well. > > > > I'm not saying I agree with this, but why isn't anyone making a stink > > about the Premium Domain process at .tv as well? > > > > -t > > > > > >
