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This one graphic threatens to derail progress in the fresh TLD program

This one graphic threatens to derail progress in the fresh TLD program

“See, we told you this whole thing is a shakedown.”

This one graphic below, as spotted by Michael Berkens earlier today and published on Vox Populi’s website, threatens to set the forward momentum of the fresh TLD program back quite a bit:

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Any ground the Intellectual Property Constituency was going to give in its ongoing requests to ICANN. Any ground the Governmental Advisory Committee was going to give on its advice to ICANN.

It’s all out the door.

It also opens the door for Donuts or Top Level Spectrum to win .sucks, since I think a lot of people will now back their rival bids.

Also on the wire

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