Interesting point. off the top of my head, .TV is a country code. each national jurisdiction/country can dole out or not their domains in the manner that they see fit.
.com's, .net's and .org's etc are under Iana/Icann/ US dept. of treasury/... imo, it is understood or is there a perception that these domains exist to serve the interest of the global net community. that community of you / me/us. duck/ Swerve > From: "myOstrich Internet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: myOstrich Intenet > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:28:46 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: So how's this all different from .tv? > > With all the hoopla over VeriSign and "premium" domain names, why is > there no complaint about "Premium Registrations" of .tv names? > > The fact that the .tv Registry set up a premium domain system from the > start, and did not wait until later? > > China.tv just sold through the registry, for the first time, for > $100,000. Not after-market, but at market. Don't you think that VeriSign > noticed this? They see huge $$$ on the table, but if you believe that > all the hot domains are gone in the .com space, then how would you > capitalize on this bonanza? With some form of premium domain service. > > Since the "premium domains" in the .com space are simply those domains > that people are trying to pick up at dropped-domain-hour, this seems to > fit the business model fairly well. > > I'm not saying I agree with this, but why isn't anyone making a stink > about the Premium Domain process at .tv as well? > > -t > >
