registering domain names

For years, we've been among those who wondered what good it did for ICANN to dribble out new top level domains (TLDs -- such as .info, .biz, .aero, etc.) every few years.

For the most part, these new domains didn't do much other than force companies to buy their name on each new TLD as it was released.

It basically just seemed like a way for ICANN and registrars to keep fleecing companies.

Last month, we wrote about a bill proposed in the Senate that would outlaw phishing even though phishing is already illegal.

If it merely restated that phishing was illegal, that would be one thing (a basic waste), but it also added some other points that were problematic, including taking away the right to anonymity in registering domain names.

It turns out the bill may actually be much worse than that -- but it may depend on how it's read.