Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jun 18, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Mark Andrews wrote:

> In message <201106180718.p5I7IrBe020792 () mail r-bonomi com>, Robert Bonomi write
> s:
> > > Subject: Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs
> > > From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
> > >
> > > MacDonald's would likely get title to .macdonalds under the new rules, 
> > > right?
> > >
> > > Well... Which MacDonald's?
> > >
> > > 1.  The fast food chain
> > > 2.  O.C. MacDonald's Plumbing Supply
> > > 3.  MacDonald and Sons Paving Systems
> > > 4.  MacDonald and Madison Supply Company
> > > 5.  etc.
> >
> > Easy to resolve (excuse the pun) _that_ one.
> >
> > The _senior_ claimant to that domain would be Clan MacDonald, of Scotland.
> >
> > Who gets 'apple'?  Apple (the computer company), Apple (the record company)?
> >  How about the 'fruit of the month' club?
> >
> > Now, if you want a _hard_ problem, who gets to register 'YellowPages' ?
> > <*EVIL* grin>
>
> YellowPages would work.  It's used under licence.
>
> au.YellowPages
> uk.YellowPages
>
> As for single label hostnames, RFC 897 got rid of single label
> hostnames and they should not come back.  They are a security issue,
> see RFC 1535.
>
> This has been pointed out in the past.
>
> Mark
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All true. However, since TLDs will now be run by anyone with $185k/year to get
what they want...

Owen