BBC News : Icann increases web domain suffixes

Posted by royalghost on Monday June 20, 2011 @02:15AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13835997

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Re:BBC News : Icann increases web domain suffixes by royalghost on Monday June 20, 2011 @02:17AM (#2673103)

" Internet address names will be able to end with almost any word, and be in any language. "

This will be interesting to see - hacker.news

Post your most weird URL.

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Re:BBC News : Icann increases web domain suffixes by vineel on Monday June 20, 2011 @05:09AM (#2673458)

There's no generic "News" company. This TLD would be too contested for ICANN to give it to anyone.

On the other hand, ICANN can make it a TLD in the likes of .com or .net, or maybe they'll see NewsCorp as a legitimate claim.

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Re:BBC News : Icann increases web domain suffixes by lookforipv6 on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:05AM (#2673786)

And you need to pay 185 kUSD and a long and expensive approval process. I think the big difference is that not anyone can register a gTLD in the same way that you register a .com or .whatever. Also, new rules apply to the registries, so if you are doing "bad" stuff ICANN can remove your registry and bye bye.

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