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Re: Who owns the domain name space?

Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> Fri, 15 September 1995 18:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: Who owns the domain name space?
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In <19950914091946sylvester@ebola.tgv.com> sylvester@tgv.com (Tim Sylvester) writes:
>Will they let me register a top-level domain?  If they don't, wouldn't they 
>be violating anti-trust laws?

  Anti-trust aside, the US has polluted the top-level namespace enough
  already as it is--we do share that namespace with the rest of the
  world, don't forget.  We need fewer top-level domains, not more.
  Network Solutions only controls the .us domain in effect.  That .com
  etc. exists at all is due only to inertia.

  I agree with Mark that Network Solutions needs to be accountable to
  the proper group.
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