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Can you explain to me why this is an important issue? The jobs TLD in general is considered to be a bust. Only 15K registrations so far, and most corporates don

• ecaron 16y ago
  The PDF is linked to at http://forum.icann.org/lists/jobs-phased-allocation/msg00316.html http://forum.icann.org/lists/jobs-phased-allocation/msg00316.... As of this moment, the link is now http://forum.icann.org/lists/jobs-phased-allocation/pdf6cGj5KCss2.pdf http://forum.icann.org/lists/jobs-phased-allocation/pdf6cGj5... - I'm not sure if they rotate the URLs to prevent direct-linking or if the original changed. The issue is important because .jobs was originally sold, and marketed, as a guaranteed legitimate source of jobs because only real, verified companies can buy a .jobs - so if you go to microsoft.jobs, you know it will only shows jobs from Microsoft because Microsoft owns it. The new proposal completely does away with this requirement. It would be analogous to stealthily making the Ford Fusion no longer a hybrid. What's worse is that the registrar will get first choice on who gets to buy which domain for how much - which would be a first for any TLD and set a dangerous precedent. A better written piece explaining why this is an important issue (and why rejecting it is important to protecting jobseekers from fraud) is available at http://www.ere.net/2010/07/15/open-letter-to-icann-reject-the-jobs-amendment/ http://www.ere.net/2010/07/15/open-letter-to-icann-reject-th...