Re:How did the whole domain "ownership" come about
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Here's why-
People are used to the domains as they are now. There is major cachet in a dot.com, even if you aren't a company.
Requiring sites w/ adult-material to use the.xxx domain has the same difficulties as most filtering schemes. Who decides what is "adult content" and what isn't? What criteria do they use? That's a can 'o worms that's not worth opening.
Companies will have that many more TLDs to buy up their trademarked names from. Do you think Sony would let someone grab sony.xxx?
Basically, I don't think there's enuf evidence that the current TLDs are broke to justify "fixing" them.
How did the whole domain "ownership" come about?
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Domains should not be "owned." They are assigned on a first-come, first-use basis. Voluntary re-assignments could be allowed, but set a cap on the fee (say $50). This would deal with most of the cybersquatting. Then rewrite TM law so companies don't have to be so rabid in going after similar domain names.
I think there's questionable need for new TLDs. Why complicate things?
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Basically, I don't think there's enuf evidence that the current TLDs are broke to justify "fixing" them.
Domains should not be "owned." They are assigned on a first-come, first-use basis. Voluntary re-assignments could be allowed, but set a cap on the fee (say $50). This would deal with most of the cybersquatting. Then rewrite TM law so companies don't have to be so rabid in going after similar domain names.
I think there's questionable need for new TLDs. Why complicate things?