Re:US claims all .com and .net websites are in its jurisdiction
by wmf on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @02:13PM
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It does seem problematic that all the generic TLDs (whose value over ccTLDs is obvious) are US-controlled. Maybe the imminent explosion of new gTLDs will help.
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Re:US claims all .com and .net websites are in its jurisdiction
by dsl on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @02:29PM
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You can make a million brands of beverage, but everyone will still grab a Coke or a Pepsi from the shelf.
The new gTLD program is just a money land-grab. It's been well known within the domain industry that firing up a new TLD is one of the most profitable things you can do. Between speculators and brand protection agencies you are guaranteed a minimum of 100k+ registrations. Multiply that by $20-$30 bucks a pop.
Re:US claims all .com and .net websites are in its jurisdiction
by marshray on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @03:47PM
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Or in the case of gTLDs make that $185,000 per name applied-for.
In other news, ICANN is starting an "international development initiative". http://blog.cira.ca/2011/06/new-gtlds-icann-international-de...