Domain Mondo | domainmondo.com: free and open Internet

Showing posts with label free and open Internet. Show all posts

2017-07-12

Fight For the Future's Net Neutrality Day of Action Is July 12

Oppose FCC rules that allow ISP discrimination. It's time to support real #NetNeutrality https://t.co/jKJm8Gbz1U
— Domain Mondo (@DomainMondo) July 7, 2017

Fight For the Future's net neutrality day of action is July 12.

The day of action will focus on grassroots mobilization, with public interest groups activating their members and major web platforms providing their visitors with tools to contact Congress and the FCC.

“A threat to net neutrality is a threat to the free exchange of ideas that creative culture and an informed public rely upon. Kickstarter, and the tens of thousands of creators who have brought new ideas to life through our platform, all depend on a free and open internet. We’re proud to stand alongside so many others today to preserve net neutrality, and to protect the freedoms that make the internet such a powerful force.”--Michal Rosenn, General Counsel, Kickstarter

"At Y Combinator, the startup accelerator I run, we have proudly supported thousands of entrepreneurs and more than 1,400 businesses, including companies like AirBnB and Dropbox. Companies like these have gone on to change our lives for the better—how we work, how we eat, how we live. They could grow and compete, and ultimately consumers choose who wins and loses online. Without strong net neutrality rules, though, I’m concerned that the cable and wireless companies that control internet access will have outsized power to pick winners and losers in the market.”--Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator

2017-04-10

The Internet Society's 25th Anniversary Plans

The Internet Society Is 25 Years Old

"This year we celebrate the Internet Society's 25th year of advocacy for an open, trusted Internet available to everyone, everywhere. Today the challenges to the open Internet have never been greater - and we need you to join us in confronting those challenges. During this anniversary year, we don't just want to look back over the past 25 years - we want to apply that experience to look forward to the next 25 years on the Internet."--The Internet Society [domain: internetsociety.org]

25th Anniversary plans include:

25 Under 25 - A new program to shine the light on young people between the ages of 13 and 25 who are using the Internet to make a significant impact on our society.

Community reflections on the Internet - You are invited to share your reflections.

Roundtable series - a series of roundtables this year on topics related to the evolution of the Internet. The first roundtable on May 11 will be hosted in conjunction with Chatham House to explore the impact of the Internet on society.

Investing in our community - Starting in the second quarter of 2017, the Internet Society will deliver a set of tools and resources to help its Chapters promote their work for the Internet and build local and regional relationships.

Internet Futures report - What will the future of the Internet look like? Early findings posted online. The full Internet Futures report will be launched in September with insights into those key driving forces, as well as recommendations for the Internet in the future.

Internet Hall of Fame – In September, the 2017 class of inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame. A special ceremony will recognize individuals who have played an extraordinary role in the development and advancement of the Internet.

Special edition of InterCommunity, 19 September – the global "InterCommunity" membership meeting will kick-off with the presentation of the new class of Internet Hall of Fame inductees. Following the ceremony, community dialogue on topics from the Internet Futures report.

#thenext25 Tweets
Tweets by internetsociety

feedback & comments via twitter @DomainMondo
Follow @DomainMondo

DISCLAIMER

2015-03-06

Domain Name Investing, Making Money in China with New gTLD Domains

Reportedly another 3 to 5 billion people will soon join the rest of us online, including a lot of people living in China. Domain Mondo's caveat: don't get your hopes up. Domain Mondo hates to spoil the party, but these billions will mostly be impoverished people living at subsistence levels in the developing world, or under totalitarian regimes that really do not believe in a free and open internet. For example, good luck making your pipe-dream fortune selling to the Chinese mass market your new IDN gTLDs that some hucksters in Vegas or elsewhere assured you were a sure pathway to success. Ever hear of the Great Firewall of China? Even Zuckerberg can't make a buck in China, and he speaks the language and is married to a Chinese American who has taught him things you will never know about China and Chinese culture. But you went to some CONference, and paid money to be CONvinced, and now you are invested, and sure you can? LOL!

Rule #1: Nobody makes money in China unless the Party approves. Even then, it will cost you. Ask Jack Ma.
Rule #2: The Chinese have been suspicious of outsiders for centuries (mostly for sound reasons--read Chinese history).
Rule #3: The Party is not a big fan of self-expression, people getting their own websites online, etc. You need a web presence to sell something inside of China? Alibaba and hundreds of others will provide that for you for free--even Amazon uses a virtual storefront on Alibaba's Tmall.com! If there is a problem, with something you are selling, or more likely, saying, the Party only has to make one call to Jack Ma et al. It's a simple system.
Rule #4: Wealthy Chinese who are domain name investors, like smart wealthy investors everywhere else, want the "gold standard"--the dot COM domain names. Watch the markets. Why dot COM? Look at alibaba.com, jd.com, mi.com, etc. The government in China actively supports and encourages Chinese companies to capture global markets, including online global markets, which means having a dot COM domain name. Anything else is considered inferior--not recognized, breaks stuff, or fails to work across the internet.

Capiche? Or as they say in Beijing, 明白了吗？

Caveat Emptor!

Follow @DomainMondo