ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

Sat Jun 18 08:47:25 UTC 2011

In message <201106180718.p5I7IrBe020792 at mail.r-bonomi.com>, Robert Bonomi write
s:
> 
> > Subject: Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs
> > From: Owen DeLong <owen at 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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