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The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bad-ideas dept.

Mordok-DestroyerOfWo writes "According to the BBC, ICANN is considering opening up the wholesale creation of TLDs by private industry. While I'm sure this is done for the convenience of the companies and has nothing to do with the several thousand dollars they will be charging for each registration, I was curious what the tech community at large thought about this idea. It seems to me that this will simply open the doors for a never-ending stream of TLD squatters."

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  1. Re:Worst idea ever by lilomar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oops, wrong reply button. This was supposed to be attached to oahazmatt's post.

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  2. Re:Worst idea ever by lilomar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, I realized that when my second reply was also in the same level as it's GGP, but I didn't bother replying again to point it out.

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  3. Re:Worst idea ever by PunkOfLinux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IF you actually bother to refresh the page, it's fine. Promise.

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  4. Re:Wait - I've got a MUCH better idea... by raddan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Note to mods: "Funny", not "Insightful".

  5. Re:Worst idea ever by HeronBlademaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ROFL! +1 Funny in spirit :)