When You Can’t Tell Web Suffixes Without a Scorecard - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/technology/when-you-cant-tell-web-suffixes-without-a-scorecard.html?nl=todaysheadlines
EVEN so, the Internet address oversight body may not have considered deeply enough the larger linguistic and societal ramifications of setting off a land grab for new virtual real estate like .love or .home, says Jacqueline Lipton, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center.
“It’s a private body,” Professor Lipton says, “that is dabbling in this very delicate balance of commerce and expression online that is fraught with pitfalls.”
C’est exactement ça : placer des « claims » sur des morceaux de territoire virtuel, sur l’esprit collectif, sur l’espace mental.