Comments on: Resounding Opposition to New Top Level Domains

By: Nowinki » Should ICANN Dump The Idea Of Generic Top Level Domains?

Nowinki » Should ICANN Dump The Idea Of Generic Top Level Domains? — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:49:09 +0000

[...] again, it was all about the money grab, rather than anything useful. However, with overwhelming opposition to the idea of super high priced generic TLDs, ICANN has delayed the entire project and some are [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » ICA Asks ICANN Ombudsman for Investigation - The Domain Industry's News Source

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:32:25 +0000

[...] generic domain names. For example, Hearst Corporation, publisher of Cosmopolitan magazine, has notified ICANN that it believes it should hold all rights to any second level domain name “Cosmo” or [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Verizon Voices Concerns about New Top Level Domain Names - The Domain Industry's News Source

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:04:46 +0000

[...] try to assert rights to generic terms. For example, Hearst is also in favor of a white list and wants the generic term “Cosmopolitan” reserved against all possible [...]

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:12:58 +0000

Abigail – I don’t

By: Abigail

Abigail — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:49:54 +0000

I’m confident that ICANN has the wherewithal to defend themselves from frivolous lawsuits.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:14:30 +0000

Abigail – it will undermine the stability of ICANN because they will get sued by many parties.

By: Abigail

Abigail — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:01:35 +0000

@Menius: I’m intimately aware of the “issues” being raised by various domain speculators and trademark interests to try to discredit ICANN and the new TLD round. That the new round will “undermine the stability of the internet” is one of the more laughable claims that I’ve heard. I have yet to hear or read anything that provides any evidence for this claim.

Next we hear that “all of the new TLDs will be failures” because “.com is king.” Great – then don’t apply for a new TLD, and don’t worry about it.

While I find the idea that companies MUST register their name and various misspellings in every last TLD dubious at best, at least the trademark holders’ concerns have a sliver of validity, which is why ICANN is taking their concerns seriously and coming up with proposed solutions to help brands protect their marks in new TLDs at minimal cost.

And “I don’t like the new round because it will dilute the value of my domains” is not, in my opinion, a good reason to delay the round further, nor do I think it’s accurate.

You still haven’t answered my questions about your .biz address.