Internet name system in growing danger

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Interesting article:

The Internet's key site identity system is in mounting danger from new techniques that could cause havoc by turning it into a free-for-all market, the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO warned on Monday.

"Domain names used to be primarily specific identifiers of businesses and other Internet users, but many names nowadays are mere commodities for speculative gain," senior WIPO official Francis Gurry told a news conference.

Full article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/wr_nm/internet_danger_dc_1

 

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I think the referenced article favors the so-called "rights holders" too much over free enterprise.

 

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