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I think this says it all about the bias in this article. Note who the author of it is: "Vikram Kumar is chief executive of InternetNZ, which adminsters the .co

by larrys 15y ago

I think this says it all about the bias in this article. Note who the author of it is: "Vikram Kumar is chief executive of InternetNZ, which adminsters the .co.nz domain, and advocates on behalf of internet users." But forgetting for a second even that, there are millions of .com/net/org etc domains. If you think the US Government is going to start to file cases against even 1000's of those owners they won't. They have the resources to prosecute only a small fraction that are "breaking laws". In the US and other countries there are plenty of things that are illegal (smoking pot as only one example). How much enforcement effort is put into that? How many tax returns are audited? Of those audited how many are TCMP (where they reverse engineer and look at everything). An extremely small amount. Sure some people will get snagged. But to think it is you (in the case of most .com uses) is truly paranoia. The US Government of course will act if they see something that clears the tipping point of a violation. But the risk is way overstated in exchange for having the benefit (at least for a US company) of a .com address.

timClicks 15y ago
Just to avoid doubt, InternetNZ is a charitable organisation that is neutral of commercial interests. .nz domain space is managed much differently than the rest of the world.
- skrebbel 15y ago
  In fact, most of european TLDs are managed in a similar way. Usually always a non-profit, with varying degrees of involvement from internet-related businesses.
- larrys 15y ago
  He still has to worry about the bottom line. He gets paid a salary and would certainly benefit from registrations in .nz even if a non-profit. Non-profit revenues pays his salary. No different then the head of PBS saying why pbs is superior to non-public tv.
  - lancewiggs 15y ago
    Actually he doesn't. Vikram is CEO of Internet NZ* which outsources running of the domain to NZ Registry Services and administering to DNC. Each of these has a board and a CEO. It's a pretty clever system, which came about because of some issues about 10 years ago whihc saw the whole thing almost go off the rails. It's now seen, I'm told, as best practice. Revenues from NZRS are more than sufficient to pay Vikram's salary, and that of his staff, and InternetNZ has a decent warchest to keep doing so for quite some time. Check the website - all the accounts are published. *I'm an elected Councillor for InternetNZ. We at internetNZ worry most about ensuring we have an "open and uncapturable" internet in NZ. This takeover of .com domains is an important issue for us all.

by larrys 15y ago

timClicks 15y ago

Just to avoid doubt, InternetNZ is a charitable organisation that is neutral of commercial interests. .nz domain space is managed much differently than the rest of the world.

skrebbel 15y ago
In fact, most of european TLDs are managed in a similar way. Usually always a non-profit, with varying degrees of involvement from internet-related businesses.
larrys 15y ago
He still has to worry about the bottom line. He gets paid a salary and would certainly benefit from registrations in .nz even if a non-profit. Non-profit revenues pays his salary. No different then the head of PBS saying why pbs is superior to non-public tv.
- lancewiggs 15y ago
  Actually he doesn't. Vikram is CEO of Internet NZ* which outsources running of the domain to NZ Registry Services and administering to DNC. Each of these has a board and a CEO. It's a pretty clever system, which came about because of some issues about 10 years ago whihc saw the whole thing almost go off the rails. It's now seen, I'm told, as best practice. Revenues from NZRS are more than sufficient to pay Vikram's salary, and that of his staff, and InternetNZ has a decent warchest to keep doing so for quite some time. Check the website - all the accounts are published. *I'm an elected Councillor for InternetNZ. We at internetNZ worry most about ensuring we have an "open and uncapturable" internet in NZ. This takeover of .com domains is an important issue for us all.