Re: nettime The .art TLD again: E-Flux are soliciting support for their bid

2012-06-24 Thread Morlock Elloi
The rule of the thumb appears to be that anyone deriving income via ICANN is ultimately a crook. After .art is cashed in, we will have: .realart .postmodern .abstract .digitalart .kunst .modern .miro Or maybe you will trust them, again, that they won't do it? ICANN simply figured out how to

Re: nettime The .art TLD again: E-Flux are soliciting support for their bid.

2012-06-24 Thread Florian Cramer
This seems to me to be a rather blatant power grab on the part of the E-Flux crew. The E-Flux service (which may or may not be non-profit) A postscript to that: In ICANN's domain application database, e-flux is listed as an LLC (Limited Liability Company) with Anton Vidokle as Founder and CEO.

nettime The .art TLD again: E-Flux are soliciting support for their bid

2012-06-23 Thread allan siegel
Hello, well since I first received this request of support from E-Flux I have been wondering about the implications; not good - not good at all. This seems to me to be a rather blatant power grab on the part of the E-Flux crew. The E-Flux service (which may or may not be non-profit) has more