ICANN Approves Dot-Redneck Domain
The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers today announced that its board of directors voted unanimously to approve a new ".redneck" top-level internet domain.
The vote comes after a grueling three-day approval process that saw the successful registry spend almost $100 on application fees and lobbying.
“We're very pleased with the result,” .redneck sponsor Dr Dobson Perkins said in a statement. “This new top-level domain finally cordons off a special 'red-state district' of the internet for every god-fearing, fag-hating patriot in the country.”
The .redneck domain is a “sponsored” TLD, meaning only certain qualifying individuals will be able to register a name.
“We believe roughly 62,040,610 Americans qualify to register a name,” Perkins said.
ICANN president Paul Twomey denied charges that the approval of .redneck was unduly influenced by the US Department of Commerce.
“It was the pommies, mate,” he said in a press conference. “Those pommy bastards sent a letter at the last minute saying if we didn't approve .redneck they'd go whining to the UN or something.”
“'Strewth,” he added.
But not everybody was in favor of the new domain being introduced.
European commissioner Viviane Reding said: “Today is truly a tragic day for the interweb superbahn. I used a computer once, and I don't remember seeing any necks, red or otherwise.”
Registering a .redneck domain will cost $750 per name per year. Perkins said the high price was justified by the extensive manual screening process required to protect users of the domain from “feminists, homos, immigrants and the elite media”.
The ICANN board voted 13-0 in favor of Perkins' proposal. Michael Palage abstained.
Joichi Ito has been missing in World Of Warcraft for several weeks and was unable to attend the meeting to register his vote.
For security reasons, the remaining ICANN board members have been locked in a soundproof chamber until July 2008, and could not be reached for comment.
“Does this mean I still don't get to run .web?” Chris Ambler said, in a comment posted to Bret Fausett's blog.
The vote comes after a grueling three-day approval process that saw the successful registry spend almost $100 on application fees and lobbying.
“We're very pleased with the result,” .redneck sponsor Dr Dobson Perkins said in a statement. “This new top-level domain finally cordons off a special 'red-state district' of the internet for every god-fearing, fag-hating patriot in the country.”
The .redneck domain is a “sponsored” TLD, meaning only certain qualifying individuals will be able to register a name.
“We believe roughly 62,040,610 Americans qualify to register a name,” Perkins said.
ICANN president Paul Twomey denied charges that the approval of .redneck was unduly influenced by the US Department of Commerce.
“It was the pommies, mate,” he said in a press conference. “Those pommy bastards sent a letter at the last minute saying if we didn't approve .redneck they'd go whining to the UN or something.”
“'Strewth,” he added.
But not everybody was in favor of the new domain being introduced.
European commissioner Viviane Reding said: “Today is truly a tragic day for the interweb superbahn. I used a computer once, and I don't remember seeing any necks, red or otherwise.”
Registering a .redneck domain will cost $750 per name per year. Perkins said the high price was justified by the extensive manual screening process required to protect users of the domain from “feminists, homos, immigrants and the elite media”.
The ICANN board voted 13-0 in favor of Perkins' proposal. Michael Palage abstained.
Joichi Ito has been missing in World Of Warcraft for several weeks and was unable to attend the meeting to register his vote.
For security reasons, the remaining ICANN board members have been locked in a soundproof chamber until July 2008, and could not be reached for comment.
“Does this mean I still don't get to run .web?” Chris Ambler said, in a comment posted to Bret Fausett's blog.
posted by William Hobbs at 9:21 PM
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