[comments-gtlds] New gTLDs

[Mathew_Murphy@lotus.com]

It seems to me that it's pointless to launch new global TLDs if they're 
unrestricted. All that will happen is that the people who already own 
.com, .net and .org will dash in and register the same names in the new 
TLD.

My first proposal is simple: Anyone who owns (say) foo.com should be 
*prohibited* from also owning foo.org, foo.net or the equivalent 
registration in any new domain. Companies should have to pick a top-level 
domain and stick to it, not register in all of them and have them all 
point at the same place.

A second proposal which would free up massive amounts of namespace without 
having to introduce new TLDs: Prohibit companies from keeping domains 
which simply point at another domain. So if you buy www.sports.com and 
just point it at www.sportshop.com, tough luck, that's wasting domain 
space -- you should be required to relinquish one of the domains for 
someone else's use.

Of course, there's not a chance ICANN will go for either of these 
suggestions, because obviously the corporations who've taken all the 
domain names like it that way, and they have the money. I just thought I'd 
throw in the ideas so at least I know someone expressed them.


mathew