anyone assuming this would only hit US based sites and businesses better also assume that with ICANN under US control - scratch the idea of it being for a forseeable future only, noone can seriously expect Verisign to engage in big negotiations in 2012, so the "presumptive renewal" right given to them effectively means a US controlled entity, namely Verisign, has everlasting control over .com and we will probably see a similar deal for the Verisign controlled .net at some point - we could also expect TOS following suit and forbidding adult material under non-adult TLDs.
then add a bit of filtering for catch phrases, a bit of grassing up from rivaling webmasters, and we'll basically see the germans' crap with 'webmasters' and lawyers making a living from pissing on each other on a worldwide scale.
fun.
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