I think the following message is very critical to all of us in the dot.com
business.
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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:05:55 -0500
From: John Palmer <jp@ADNS.NET>
To: ga@dnso.org
Subject: [ga] Text of Radio Ad which will start running nationwide on
7/7/2000
Things are about to change on the internet and not for the better.
The US government has sanctioned a new organization, ICANN, to be
in charge of internet domains and addresses. Rather than making the internet
more open, ICANN is restricting domain ownership rights and has sold out
to powerful special interest.
There is an alternative. The same characteristics that make the internet
able to survive a nuclear strike allow internet users to go around
organizations like ICANN and their special interest masters. Alternative
domain networks, such as the Open Root Server Consortium, allow you to see
ALL of the sites available on the internet, not just the ones that ICANN
wants you to see. If you are an Internet provider, you can go around ICANN and
make the entire internet available to your users in only 2 minutes. Are
you an internet user whose ISP is still using the ICANN-controlled domain
name system? A few simple steps is all it takes for you to bypass ICANN and
see all of the sites on the internet.
This announcement is sponsored by ADNS, owner and registrar for the
top level domains EARTH, USA and Z. ADNS is a proud supporter of
the Open Root Server Consortium.
Do you operate a website? Are you frustrated that your first choice
for a domain name was taken? You can now obtain a domain ending in
".EARTH", ".USA" or ".Z". To register an EARTH, USA or Z domain and for
more information about the ICANN takeover of the internet and what you can do
to stop it, visit the ADNS website at WWW.ADNS.NET,
thats WWW.ADNS.NET. Don't let ICANN's special interests hijack the
internet and remember, ICANN really means YOU CAN'T
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