At 11/10/01 04:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >A short trip to ICANN's website clears it up. > >http://www.icann.org/mdr2001/ > >Under "Sponsorship Opportunities", they <em>emphasize</em> the words >"commercial materials" in their request for a $5k fee. Political >materials would certainly be permissible. > >Fact is better than rumor when propagandizing, kids. > >Ob. swipe: If you enter "icann.org" in your browser, you get an >error. You have to enter "www.icann.org". Geniuses. Bloody, ironic, >geniuses. > >--Blair
Hi Blair, In typical ICANN fashion, the website was changed *after* the outcry ... At 11/9/01 05:29 PM, David Farber wrote: >From: "Judith Oppenheimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: IP-FLASH ICANN replies to ACLU protest of $5,000 leafleting >charge >Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:22:39 -0500 > > > > [ That was not the impression given before. > >Apparently ICANN agrees, as it has just changed the website to say that the >ban only applies to "commercial materials," along with a proviso that the >ICANN meetings are "not a trade show." > >It seems to me that ICANN fostered the trade show mentality, especially >during the meeting a year ago when the new gTLD prospects were feverishly >pitching their wares. But then, they did pay $50,000 each for the >privilege of doing so. > >Judith +++ Jay Fenello, Internet Coaching http://www.Fenello.com ... 678-585-9765 http://www.YourWebPartner.com ... Web Support http://www.AligningWithPurpose.com ... for a Better World --------------------------------------------------------- "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -- John F. Kennedy
