As
a follow-up to yesterday’s
post, as I expected a widely quoted news
article that claimed ICANN CEO and President
Paul Twomey had made anti-domainer comments at a
conference inDubai last week
proved to be false. ICANN Media Adviser Jason Keenan
dropped me a note today saying “I have discussed
the Gulf News report with Paul Twomey and he has
asked me to clarify that the article incorrectly
suggested that he has concerns with domainers.Keenan wrote, “As Paul
said to me: “When asked to look ahead at what might
happen on the Internet, I did say it was likely
domainers would move increasingly into the ccTLD
space. In no way did I say or suggest that
domainers were a negative force in any way and
certainly did not refer to them as “a
downside.” The many domainers I have met and
chatted with at meetings across the globe will know I
would never say such a thing. As I noted in my
closing remarks at the Dubai meeting, the marketplace
has evolved and domainers are a part of the robust
domain name market that exists today.”
Source: DNJournal
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