Introduction of new TLDs that compete with the existing
ones will trigger an explosion of trademark conflicts and legal wars which in turn
will make domain name system even more unmanageable and frustrating for most of the
involved. Registrars should seek a little bit more creative ways to find new sources
of revenue (like value added services etc.) or if they can not, then better accept
that it's their own failure. Domain name system is not there to facilitate revenue
sources for a bunch of badly managed companies, but to help internet grow in a way
so that we all can mutually benefit. Mass-marketing barren new TLDs is definitely
no help for that.Having said this, I should add that I'm no fan of the existing
system either. I believe inventing the country-code TLDs was the greatest mistake
ever done with the internet. Those country codes are against the spirit of internet
being a truly global medium. And some of those TLDs ending up as .com competitors
was inevitable, but this only helped to distort the name system. Can you tell me
why a 10.000 island and its registrar can cash on selling domain names (because the
island happens to be declared a republic, territory etc.) but a 10 million strong
city can not (because it's part of a large political entity)? There is no rational
logic behind all this.
I believe, before introducing new TLDs, we should concentrate
on solving the problems of the existing system and on how to make it consolidate.