The name game; Internet addresses.(A domain-name controversy)
Economist (US), The, April, 2005
An online power struggle
IT IS not easy running the internet's address system. Since it was founded in 1998, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a self-regulatory body, has been under constant fire from critics on all sides. As it held a public board meeting last week in Argentina, it found itself grappling controversially with two new disputes.
The first concerns a new domain called .pro--a rival to .com and others, intended for professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Registrants are supposed to show professional credentials. But soon after last June's launch of .pro, a firm handling registrations exploited a loophole to "lease" names to otherwise unqualified people. Thus, sex.pro--and every imaginable sex-inspired...
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