Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-10 Thread Rob Myers
On 08/03/12 16:13, miltosmane...@gmail.com wrote: I absolutely agree. .art is simply ridiculous, who wants to be called .art? Various of my bots, and several projects I have in mind to critique the prevalent informal institutional theory. :-) - Rob. # distributed via nettime: no

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-10 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
On the other hand it could be a good way to dicuss what is non.art etc. The internet is a game, H. Am 09.03.2012 21:52, schrieb Rob Myers: On 08/03/12 16:13, miltosmane...@gmail.com wrote: I absolutely agree. .art is simply ridiculous, who wants to be called .art? Various of my bots, and

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-10 Thread Rob Myers
Also, I demand a .marx domain. - Rob. # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l #

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-10 Thread t byfield
r...@robmyers.org (Sat 03/10/12 at 06:25 PM +): Also, I demand a .marx domain. The question's moot now because NTIA just announced that it was canceling the RFP for IANA: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunitymode=formtab=coreid=e90ec616702fd6c52c91c0e67ccbf501_cview=0 In

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-10 Thread michael gurstein
...@kein.org Subject: Re: nettime What do you think about .art? r...@robmyers.org (Sat 03/10/12 at 06:25 PM +): Also, I demand a .marx domain. The question's moot now because NTIA just announced that it was canceling the RFP for IANA: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunitymode=formtab=coreid

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-08 Thread Morlock Elloi
Art traditionally ends up in the wrong hands, there is no inherent problem with this. Thinking ahead, it will be so much more amusing if Dow or Mattel snatch .art (barbie.art is worth $200K by itself), than some 'body' composed of pompous internationally-recognized benevolent and independent

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-08 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
IMHO one should never call oneself an artist, .art is .kitsch Only onthers may call one an artist. Well, it could be a space of art-dealers (behind bars!), but that would give it some drive into .art and not.art, which could ne the most important domainname, that I claim here and now as a

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-08 Thread Nick
I don't think the domain name system is the place to be fighting for the small, independent artist. Leave it to go to the enormous corporations, and create stuff whereever; in the cracks, the unseen places, darknets etc, as well as wherever in the public. Names are as valuable as what they

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-08 Thread Sivasubramanian M
If Desiree's idea takes shape, and if a bid is successful, there is scope for a successful registry with a balanced model :) On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Morlock Elloi morlockel...@yahoo.comwrote: Art traditionally ends up in the wrong hands, there is no inherent problem with this.

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-08 Thread miltosmanetas
...@googlemail.com Sender: nettime-l-boun...@mail.kein.org Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:33:28 To: nettime's_roving_reporternettim...@kein.org Subject: Re: nettime What do you think about .art? IMHO one should never call oneself an artist, .art is .kitsch ... # distributed via nettime: no commercial

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-07 Thread Armin Medosch
Hi, I happened to meet Desiree last night and therefore think that her mail does not explain the issue as well as she did in our conversation. Our old 'friend' ICANN (Ted, we miss your comments on that;-) is releasing new generic Top Level Domains. It is posible that some business interests

Re: nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-07 Thread Sivasubramanian M
Hello Armin, Desiree's concerns are valid, and it is a good proposition. Sivasubramanian M On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Armin Medosch ar...@easynet.co.uk wrote: Hi, I happened to meet Desiree last night and therefore think that her mail does not explain the issue as well as she did in

nettime What do you think about .art?

2012-03-06 Thread Desiree Miloshevic
Hi There is a limited opportunity to apply for dotART domain name by April 12. Is there any inking of support ? Or do people think that no artist would like to have a .art domain? dotArt(s), in plural though, has been proposed once in 1997 before ICANN was set up the process for adding TLDs