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Re:elgooG by adityasankar on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @12:23AM (#9301584)
Could you elaborate on this unlimited TLD? I'm a bit out of the loop (but had heard of the .porn TLD!). What's going on? Isn't this going to cause a lot of confusion and compound the issue of domain squatters?
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Re:elgooG by caust1c on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @12:29AM (#9301613)
Anyone can apply for and potentially get, a top level domain. If you can prove that you deserve it more than everyone else, then it's yours (sort of).

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en

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Re:elgooG by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @01:27AM (#9301793)
Well, they could years ago. The application period ended in April 2012. http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gtld-facts-31ju...
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Re:elgooG by joeblau on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @12:37AM (#9301648)
I thought it costs 180k a year to run a TLD?
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