New Top-Level Domains Coming?

Posted on June 15, 2000 by Dan Gillmor

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, offered a suggested new policy that would add top-level domains to the current naming system. “After a ten-month-long study, on 18 April 2000 the Names Council of the ICANN Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO) recommended that ICANN adopt a policy under which new TLDs would be introduced in a measured and responsible manner,” ICANN says.

TLDs include .com, .net, .gov and the like. Outside the United States, they often end with country designations, such as .uk for the United Kingdom.

It’s plain enough that we need more TLDs. The big trademark holders are abusing the system.

ICANN will take this matter up at its next meeting in July. I’ll be there and will report what happens.

MORE READING:

  • Bob Frankston and David Reed: Much Fuss About the DNS(and IP).

    Microsoft’s Appeals Strategy: Hurry Up and Stall

  • Wall Street Journal: MS-DOJ: It’s a duel of filings now.
  • The Register: DoJ files, while MS plays double game on delays. “It became very clear that Microsoft had tried to be too clever in its desire to get the appeal heard by the Court of Appeals, and that the Court’s breathless confirmation that the case was “of exceptional importance” was all but an instruction to Judge Jackson to kick the case upstairs to the Supremes.”

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