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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It appears that the NCSG constituency
is treating such issues as binary, and quick to take sides around
.doctor and .sucks, with positions bolstered by slices of logic. I
am going to post a simple "sticky Note" on the wall here, knowing
full well that it will be ignored, but offering it as an opinion
that is also a testable hypothesis:<br>
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"These episodes around gTLDs are going to come back to haunt ICANN
in ways that will not be pleasant.". <span class="moz-smiley-s2"><span>
:-( </span></span> <br>
<br>
As for what could or would constitute digital extortion...that
case law is yet to be assembled....but it will be. <= another
testable hypothesis <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span>
<br>
<br>
Sam L.<br>
<br>
On 28/03/2015 11:44 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’m
on .sucks side on this one.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">In
effect, the .sucks domain seems to be engaged in a
legitimate form of price discrimination between brand owners
who want to suppress critical expression about their brands
and people who actually want to use the domain for its
intended purpose.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Extortion
means that one is threatened with violence or some other
form of illegal harm if one doesn’t pay up. The idea that
paying a high fee to preempt the mere possibility that
someone might register and use a critical domain such as
brand.sucks is not extortion.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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