Ruling the Root
by Milton L. Mueller · first published 2002
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There's a pretty interesting book about the formation of ICANN called Ruling The Root if anyone wants to read about it further.
on “Automattic Purchases .blog TLD for $19M” ↗The author is reiterating the complaints that major trademark holders raised over a decade ago during the initial generic TLD (gTLD) expansion process in the mid-1990s (see Milton Mueller's book "Ruling The Root" for details). More gTLDs meant the need to purchase one's trademark in each new gTLD in order to protect that trademark. The power that trademark holders/WIPO had in this process lead to "sunrise" periods…
on “Do we need more top level domains?” ↗