> having restricted TLDs would be a "good" thing.Agree 100 percent - new 'open'
TLDs should be issued also.
> The bad...Speculators hate this idea of "restricted
TLDs" because of the ones that have been approved to date "sound bad" and because
you need to be in that industry to get one....So if you hear someone say that a TLD
sounds bad, more than likely they are speculators.
I am investor in generic domains;
Not only do I believe it good idea - but absolutely essential to the proper management
of the Internet.
You may say that I do not have good business sense.
"sound bad"
is mostly subjective remark - I think .web sounds better for general TLD than .net
- don't you?
But, wouldn't most people objectively say .music sounds better than
.musicalandrecordingindustry?
> there will be a lot of costs in implementing
a rollout/advertising/TM checking, etc, etc....
A multiple TLD registry can return
more profits than single registry. The TM checking is either simple matter of checking
online or contacting countries Trademark Office to verify details match faxed certificate.
WIPO
could easily help them out here - like they should have done in the bull* propaganda
Sunrise Period ;-)
> If you roll-out dot travel....There are so many different
type of travel related businesses, or information centers. Where do you draw
the line???
The types of business are currently defined by trademark classifications
and sub-classes.
> Who does the policing?? ICANN shouldn't be the
heavy here...However if the industry can't police itself SOMEONE has to.
Perhaps
as parts of terms and conditions, the registrar could - a dollar extra would easily
pay for a couple of checks a year.
> ICANN will have to definitely have identify
the "open" from the "restricted" if they head down this path...Will dot org, and
dot net go back to being "restricted...etc My guess is dot org will go back
to being restricted...and dot net will remain "open".
Are you really serious? Open
means 'open' to everybody.
It has already been answered about .orgs - no change.
People should not be chucked out of their 'homes', just because ICANN (and predecessor)
have taken a decade to get new TLDs - protecting their friends in big business.
It
is obvious that non-profits organizations and registered charities should have new
restricted TLD. Donations will be less likely to go to con-men.