Comments on: ICANN Should Heed FTC’s Warning Over Overhaul of Domain Name System

By: Water Well Drilling Texas

Water Well Drilling Texas — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:47:51 +0000

While nothing bugs me worse than mistyping a url and getting redirected 5 times with screen pops there has to be a comprise on this issue. I think just opening it wide up is a mistake but the internet is for everyone. If a “lost language” indigenous tribe wants to begin a network more power to them.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:28:22 +0000

Thanks for sharing your views on the subject.

By: ADvermain

ADvermain — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:06:37 +0000

“There is also a significant risk to consumers of myriad new methods of committing fraud will inevitably arise if ICANN implements a system in which no name is protected and anyone can own the rights to any name, brand or combination of words regardless of the United States and other countries’ respective trademark and copyright laws.”

I could not agree with you more on this topic, well said. A $185,000 application fee, and $25,000 annual fees for you own TLD! Just another way for them to make a ton of money. Lets see what this brings.

By: register .pro

I don’t think that the domain system overhall is going to make a quick impact, since many domain extensions aren’t going to appeal to a large group of keywords. Also, they are going to have to compete to get registries to even carry the extension. I’ve been following the growth story of existing less known extensions like .pro and they are growing steadily and still haven’t been picked up by every registrar.