Sir, I have read all your threads you have posted 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,
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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
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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...Aren't 1-800
phone numbers used in the same way domain names are used???...To make it simple to
find a website (in that particular gTLD)...or to find 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 were 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 there record!!)
Hope that helps clear things up!!
Gregory
W. Krajewski
gkrajews@mato.com