On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com> wrote:
Summary: there are residual risks, but the checks and balances of the process are likely to stop bad actors, at the cost of also stopping some good actors. Error in the side of caution preferred.
You're missing the forest.... If a new gTLD applicant decides to "capitalize" on their financial investment once they have received approval, there is nothing stopping them from opening the flood gates to anyone who wants to register sub-domains/second-level domains for financial gain. Of course, they should be allowed to do so. It's a free market. Just look at .cc and the complete Charlie Foxtrot they caused by allowing second-level domains to be used by anyone for any purpose (e.g. *.co.cc, *.cu.cc, etc.) and .tk for instance. We can expect a lot more of the same with the expansion of the TLD space, so it *will* require a lot more diligence. - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson fergdawgster(at)gmail.com