Icann and new TLD's

[keith smith]

Interesting question.  Owning an entire TLD could make you a billionaire.


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--- On Sat, 7/5/08, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Icann and new TLD's
To: stephen.p.rufle at cox.net, "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 9:38 PM

Will I be able to buy an entire TLD?

 -jmz

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Stephen P Rufle <stephen.p.rufle at cox.net>
wrote:
> Not sure how this is related , but didn't Icann veto teh .xxx tld.
Does
> this mean now that the adult entertainment industry could now pool funds
> to get the xxx domain.
>
> I like your nike shoes example.
>
> Others
> mc.donalds
> kickass.music
> blockbuster.movie
>
> [distro_name].linux
>
>
>
> Charles Jones wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7475986.stm
>>
>> Icann, voted unanimously to relax the strict rules on so-called
>> "top-level" domain names...
>>
>> Under the new plans, domain names can be based on any string of
letters,
>> in any script.
>>
>> Individuals will be able to register a domain based on their own name,
>> for example, as long as they can show a "business plan and
technical
>> capacity".
>>
>> I wonder how long before we start seeing domains like
http://nike.shoes
>> and the like. I wonder how many email and domain parsing scripts this
is
>> going to break, especially domain names with asian and arabic
characters.
>>
>>
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