New.net: Giving you the TLD's that ICANN('T)...

[Charles P. Hobbs]

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42146,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42201,00.html

New.net plans to offer several alternative domains (using a special browser
plug in):
dot-shop, dot-law, dot-mp3, dot-tech, dot-video, dot-game, dot-sport,
dot-kids, dot-chat, dot-inc, dot-med and dot-family. They will also offer
domains
for non-US markets (dot-ltd, dot-gmbh as well as some using non-roman
characters)

Kind of sounds "back-doorish" to me, and the trademark dispute issues are
not going away. But is this New.net domain system something that
"undermines the existing Internet"?

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Charles P. Hobbs
King Drew Health Science Library
http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl