Sir, I have read your post very carefully...You say:
>>>By using broad generic
TLDs nothing will change and the existing problem is just amplified.<<<
The problem
has been lack of available domain space in the popular dot com gTLD...For if you
just have one popular gTLD, what will happen to the usefulness of the other gTLD's???
Dot biz will NOT cut it....As not everyone is a .BIZ...consumers (in my opinion)
are looking for a generic (or as I call them "universal" gTLD")
Your other comment:
>>>.com
and .web are two of the same with the same purpose. So whats the sense of .web
then to replicate .com. This will no doubt drive existing .com domain owners
to purchase the same in .web<<<<
That is a false notion (and a dangerous one),
for if gTLD's ultimately become Trademark's themselves, then you limit the available
use of quality domains...A "TM" only internet doesn't invite others (who do not have
the means to pay for a global TM), or open up the available domain space.
Furthermore,
it was never meant to be that as a DOT COM owner that you had to buy the dot net,
and dot org version ...Guess who masterminded that Marketing Scheme??? (Read email
below)
So when we talking about "having to" that denotes, choice, not actual circumstance!!
Check
out the email I got just this morning:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Dear
Gregory,
You've registered your .COM address, but have you registered
matching
.NET and .ORG addresses?
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who you are and what you stand for to all the people that
visit your Web
site. And net savvy opportunists know that
the easiest way to mislead someone
else's customers is to
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For a limited time only, you can get a matching .NET and .ORG
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A VeriSign(R) Company
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Think
about it...Why have the 1-800 phone #'s been increased to
1-888, and 1-877 ???
Why aren't TM owners screaming about the influx of these phone numbers...Are 1-800
phone numbers used in the same way domains are used???...To make it simple to find
a website...or a company via telephone (1-800)
REALITY:
Yes, TM owners need protection
(UDRP, IOD's plan for TM owners to request domains be put on "hold", voluntary withdrawl
by registrant), if it is a domain name that requires it (Izopod.com for example as
opposed to Business.com)
...Generic gTLD owners who paid excessive amounts of
money for dot com's knew what they were doing (and the funny thing is, that because
of the scarcity in dot com names those prices skyrocketed--this here is one reason
to UPLOAD 6 to 10 gTLDs)...They were trying to use their capital (VC money) in a
way to increase the likelyhood people would be able to find their websites...This
is artificial help when we're talking about generic domains, meaning the "generic"
word was branded already for them...They did not establish goodwill (in the word
itself) and that is why there is such angst out there against dot web...(in my opinion)
It
is obvious to me words, like "consumer confusion" or "protecting investments", are
being used in PRESS RELEASES to SCARE ICANN into thinking new generic new TLD's that
would compete with DOT COM should not be uploaded...I am sure P&G would like to have
the only popular "Toothpaste" gTLD (however this gives rise to unfair advantage)
ICANN:
Upload 6 to 10 gTLD's....There was consenus on this issue. I would kindly direct
you to the WB-c group findings (that fact can't be denied as it is in the record--DNSO
chose to ignore this fact!!)
Hope that helps clear things up!!
Gregory
W. Krajewski
gkrajews@mato.com