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ICANN Proposes New Way To Buy Top-Level Domains

Posted by timothy on from the how-about-vending-machines dept.

narramissic writes "Late last week, ICANN put up for comment a new top-level domain (TLD) proposal that would open up the market for generic TLDs on the Internet, basically allowing anyone with $185,000 to buy a new TLD. ICANN has based the cost of a generic TLD on what it believes will be the cost to evaluate applications and protect the organization against risk, said Paul Levins, ICANN's executive officer and vice president for corporate affairs. Any excess money would be redistributed based on the wishes of the Internet community, he said. As of late Tuesday, there were only a couple of comments on the proposal."

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  1. Yes! by Gizzmonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can finally register clownpenis.fart !

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    1. Re:Yes! by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      More than it's worth? Sex.com never even came close to making back it's...hem...wad.

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    2. Re:Yes! by tverbeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      ICANN has .cheezburger?

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    3. Re:Yes! by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 3, Funny

      A mysterious Nigerian benefactor has offered to transfer the entire .spam TLD to me. I'll receive 10% of everything, and all I need to do is transfer a few personal details to him...

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    4. Re:Yes! by jez9999 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You were just waiting 10 years to say that one, weren't you? :-)

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    5. Re:Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I can't even start to imagine the wars for .yourmother

  2. Coming soon... by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot takes the piss by setting its new homepage at aich-tee-tee-pee-colon-slash-slash-slash-dot-dot-dot-slashdot. All those going to aich-tee-tee-pee-colon-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-com are redirected to idle.

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  3. Re:money? by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since it's going to be spent according to the wishes of the "Internet community", I can only assume 95% of it will be spent on porn.

  4. Re:Hmmm... by Loibisch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I call dibs on omg.wtf!

  5. Re:Hmmm... by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about .fuck or .shit ? Are there any obscenity rules in place? Won't somebody please think of the children?!

  6. Re:Hmmm... by ByOhTek · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think 'dot' would be an ideal TLD...

    http://slashdot.dot/

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  7. Re:Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait until someone gets FuckYou.Jesus

  8. Re:I for one by Opr33Opr33 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Was the overlord welcome redundant or the question concerning the need of more TLDs redundant? Because redundant repetition is something that I try over and over again to avoid in the most repetitive manner.

  9. Re:Hmmm... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pffft. Screw that. goatse.x!!!

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  10. Re:Suffixes FTW! by clickety6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hah - I'm going for .sucks

    microsoft.sucks
    cocacola.sucks
    linux.sucks
    bush.sucks
    slashdot.sucks

    I'm gonna be rich!

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  11. Re:Suffixes FTW! by mathx314 · · Score: 1, Funny

    My website will be the best.est website ever!

  12. Re:Hmmm... by thepotoo · · Score: 2, Funny
    Fuck that, I'm gonna buy .com, .org, and .net

    ;)

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  13. Re:money? by ScentCone · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since it's going to be spent according to the wishes of the "Internet community

    No, no, no. The article specifically said "redistributed" according to the wishes of the Internet community.

    This should be getting tons of support from the new Obama administration.

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  14. Let's all put in a dollar by PearsSoap · · Score: 2, Funny

    so that we can have slashdot.dot