I'm ready to own a top-level domain<< I was too easy on the AP | Main | Not disruptive, but definitely big >> Barry Parr | June 27, 2008, 08:46 PM Way back in 2002, I blogged "Let a thousand top-level domains bloom". How about a million? A billion? ICANN wants to allow anyone with the gumption and the tech chops to own their own top-level domain. When we end the artificial scarcity of domain names, we'll end the artificially high prices for "dot-com" domains. The idea of anything dot com will be as quaint as the 4:30 autogyro to the Prussian consulate in Siam. Sure, it will create some problems with fraud and trademarks. But we have these already and restricting TLD's is not the solution. I'm done with the current terrible system that gives registrars first grab at expiring domains so they can "auction" them off to the only interested bidder. And I can't wait until I no longer see the term "domainer" on the net. But mainly I can't wait until I can auction off the rights to microsoft.parr and google.parr. |
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