On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:01:23AM -0400, Jean-Fran?ois Mezei wrote: > Does anyone know how if the new gTLD system will still give some "veto" > power to some people over some domain names that are morally objectable > to some people ? > > I am not thinking of only .SEX but perhaps also .GOD .GAY .ALLAH .BI > .CHRISTIAN .LESBIAN .MORMON .JEW .JEWISH .ISLAM etc.
.WOMEN-WITH-VISIBLE-FACES? > For instance, in the USA "ABC" is the american broadcasting companies, > but in australia, it is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. > > Is it fair to hand .ABC to either one of the two ? (highest bidder) or > will ICANN "lock" .ABC out so that neither can get to it ? I am sure > there are many such gTLDs around the world that would conflict across > countries. Sure, which is why that's not what should be being *done* with GTLDs. But engineering issues will be the very least of anyone's concern here. Cheers, -- jra -- ay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer +-Internetworking------+---------+ RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates | Best Practices Wiki | | '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA +-http://bestpractices.wikia.com-+ +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me