“So John Gilmore linked to my post today.”
“You mean Dan Gillmor.”
“Nope. John Gillmore — Center for Citizen Media”
“Wrong guy. You’re talking about Dan.”
I looked it up. James was right. I shouldn’t have to look it up. I’ve worked with one and been pingbacked by the other, so I ought to [...]

New proposed legislation would make it a crime, punishable by four years in jail, to anonymously send email, join a chat forum, download content, or write a blog.

The bill states that every user must fully identify herself before using the Net, with full name, current address, phone number and… Social Security Number. [...]

I’m sorry to report that two of my friends have unexpectedly departed this world.

Second Life Sex Club, by James Deavin
They’re off to Second Life, leaving only traces behind.
Bret Fausett, the gadfly lawyer who annoys ICANN so beautifully by holding them to their pontifical pronoucements, has set up shop in the trendy otherworld by buying [...]

Nothing this stupid ever goes away.
The .xxx idea has been kicking around almost as long as the unworkable schemes to create a rigidly hierarchical domain name system based on trademark classifications. Anyone for .SOAP or .PAIN?
On May 10, ICANN announced that it would not allow the proposed .XXX to go forward. [...]

With a billion-dollar giveaway to VeriSign, ICANN’s Board has lost all credibility. The Chinese have figured it out, so have the Canadians. Now that ICANN needs friends, does it have any left?

The Chinese top-level domain announces that it won’t consider people who register domain names to profit from traffic or resale to be cybersquatters unless they actually infringe another’s rights. Since when did the Chinese take the lead in being reasonable?

Bret Fausett hosted a lively discussion about new generic top-level domains — whether they’re worth anything, and how we can make them useful.

with the introduction today of the public beta of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7, internationalized domain names (IDNs) are about to enter a new phase. It’s a huge step forward for non-English-speaking people and a huge challenge for intellectual property owners, and possibly for the future of a unified Internet.

Since ICANN took over in 1998, we have experienced a net loss of top-level domains despite the publicized introduction of a few new ones.

The French protest a proposed law that makes the Digital Millenium Copyright Act seem tame; two new French blogs of interest