In message <201106180718.p5I7IrBe020792@mail.r-bonomi.com>, Robert Bonomi write s:
Subject: Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
MacDonald's would likely get title to .macdonalds under the new rules, right?
Well... Which MacDonald's?
1. The fast food chain 2. O.C. MacDonald's Plumbing Supply 3. MacDonald and Sons Paving Systems 4. MacDonald and Madison Supply Company 5. etc.
Easy to resolve (excuse the pun) _that_ one.
The _senior_ claimant to that domain would be Clan MacDonald, of Scotland.
Who gets 'apple'? Apple (the computer company), Apple (the record company)? How about the 'fruit of the month' club?
Now, if you want a _hard_ problem, who gets to register 'YellowPages' ? <*EVIL* grin>
YellowPages would work. It's used under licence. au.YellowPages uk.YellowPages As for single label hostnames, RFC 897 got rid of single label hostnames and they should not come back. They are a security issue, see RFC 1535. This has been pointed out in the past. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@isc.org