Mother of All Changes: Icann Allows Custom Top Level Domains
Mother of All Changes: Icann Allows Custom Top Level Domains
Posted 06/26/2008 at 10:00pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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ICANN members have approved the most drastic and liberating changes to the very quintessence of the internet that has survived impregnably for the past 25 years. The internet, dear Maximum PC readers, will never be the same again. ICANN members in a watershed vote finally allowed the freeing up of top level domains.
Now anyone including individuals and organizations can register top level domains of their choosing. Soon there will be domain names like YA.HOO, BLOG.JOHN and I.LIKE.MATT etc. In fact, the governing body has also permitted domain names in Arabic and other Asian languages.
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horzo
June 27, 2008 at 8:00am
This is going to be a legal and regulatory nightmare.
ICANN trying to justify its own existence? The increase in staff required to resolve domain disputes will be huge.
opulent_rigs
June 27, 2008 at 1:29pm
There will be elaborate arbitration procedures to settle disputes. As for the money, Icann will not sell top level domains for dime a dozen and will exact a considerable sum for them. Not to mention having a top-level domain can in turn open business avenues for the owner.
StormEffect
June 27, 2008 at 1:16am
Who needs standards? Who needs order?
Apparently we don't! LET.ANARCHY.BEGIN!
nmanguy
June 26, 2008 at 10:53pm
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June 27, 2008 at 1:12pm
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