If Desiree's idea takes shape, and if a bid is successful, there is scope for a successful registry with a balanced model :)
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Morlock Elloi <[email protected]>wrote: > > Art traditionally ends up in the wrong hands, there is no inherent > problem with this. > > Thinking ahead, it will be so much more amusing if Dow or Mattel > snatch .art (barbie.art is worth $200K by itself), than some 'body' > composed of pompous internationally-recognized benevolent and > independent selfless art experts (which would be only pathetic.) > > > > There might be many applicants and I would hate to see .art go into > > the wrong hands (the ones with deepest pockets that would win it in > > the auction phase). <....> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]
