Starting today website names can use whatever they want after the dot. Well, whatever they want as long as it's approved and you have $185,000 for the application.
Apparently, unbeknownst to me, there has been for a bit now a .xxx domain for x-rated sites. Now there are no limits on what can follow the dot.
Will this be a good, bad or neutral change for the internets?
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Alma wrote:
I lost my post
No change.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
On the users end, no change. On the technical end, I wonder what they're doing to the domain name hierarchy.
I'm going to put in for .youreye
I like .dotdot (and I suppose gbaji does too)
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we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
.noonewillvisitmysite
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Time to domain squat.
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Jophiel wrote:
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
This was my first thought, honestly. Could be a nightmare....
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
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More like Zam.freewowgold, amirite?
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I'm holding out for .^_^
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Eske Esquire wrote:
More like Zam.freewowgold, amirite?
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Elinda wrote:
Apparently, unbeknownst to me, there has been for a bit now a .xxx domain for x-rated sites. Now there are no limits on what can follow the dot.
Will this be a good, bad or neutral change for the internets?
I remembered reading that the .xxx bid failed pretty badly. **** sites looked at it and went "Wait, so we can pay 3x what we paid for our current site domain, plus more in maintenance fees... or we can keep what we have? Uh..."
Raolan wrote:
On the users end, no change. On the technical end, I wonder what they're doing to the domain name hierarchy.
It doesn't really affect anything on the technical end at all, except that top level domains will need to know about the full list of other top level domains.
Most people don't realize that the hierarchy of domain names starts with ".". It's just usually left off when typing a domain name (it's assumed). Unless you configure dns servers (or deal with some of the more esoteric aspects of the protocol), you never have to worry about it. All these new "top level domains" will just sit under the ".", just like all the others that exist.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
LockeColeMA wrote:
I remembered reading that the .xxx bid failed pretty badly. **** sites looked at it and went "Wait, so we can pay 3x what we paid for our current site domain, plus more in maintenance fees... or we can keep what we have? Uh..."
I imagine it'd be pretty easy for an ISP to advertise that it blocks all .xxx addresses as well -- for kids!
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
eh it just means that if Joe fan wants to have a red sox fan page he can be redsox.fan
I don't see why corps are so desperate to make everything more complicated than it has to be. They should just secure a few key addies (.com .baseball etc) and trust that 98% of consumers are smart enough to tell what is the official site and what isn't.
Olorinus wrote:
trust that 98% of consumers are smart enough
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Olorinus wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
eh it just means that if Joe fan wants to have a red sox fan page he can be redsox.fan
I don't see why corps are so desperate to make everything more complicated than it has to be. They should just secure a few key addies (.com .baseball etc) and trust that 98% of consumers are smart enough to tell what is the official site and what isn't.
The problem is when someone buys Disney.visitherenow and puts a bunch of **** on it that kids can see. Disney doesn't like that much.
Belkira wrote:
Olorinus wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
eh it just means that if Joe fan wants to have a red sox fan page he can be redsox.fan
I don't see why corps are so desperate to make everything more complicated than it has to be. They should just secure a few key addies (.com .baseball etc) and trust that 98% of consumers are smart enough to tell what is the official site and what isn't.
The problem is when someone buys Disney.visitherenow and puts a bunch of **** on it that kids can see. Disney doesn't like that much.
this has nothing to do with anything but it made me smile, so there.
Belkira wrote:
Olorinus wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
eh it just means that if Joe fan wants to have a red sox fan page he can be redsox.fan
I don't see why corps are so desperate to make everything more complicated than it has to be. They should just secure a few key addies (.com .baseball etc) and trust that 98% of consumers are smart enough to tell what is the official site and what isn't.
The problem is when someone buys Disney.visitherenow and puts a bunch of **** on it that kids can see. Disney doesn't like that much.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Belkira wrote:
Olorinus wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I read that businesses and other organizations aren't thrilled since this could mean Jophiel Corp has to now register for .jophiel and potentially jophiel.elinda, jophiel.zam, jophiel.noonewillvisitmysite, etc. It'll be a (they say significantly) greater burden to protect your trademarks.
eh it just means that if Joe fan wants to have a red sox fan page he can be redsox.fan
I don't see why corps are so desperate to make everything more complicated than it has to be. They should just secure a few key addies (.com .baseball etc) and trust that 98% of consumers are smart enough to tell what is the official site and what isn't.
The problem is when someone buys Disney.visitherenow and puts a bunch of **** on it that kids can see. Disney doesn't like that much.
That really only supports my point. The stupid parents see it, and think Disney is doing something untoward.
But there's plenty of domains you could use that would seem plausible: .tourism, .tourist, .vacation, .visit, .recreation, .magickingdom, .mickey, etc. Would it really be stupid to think that a Disney.vacation site might perhaps be a legitimate branch of the Disney web presence?
It doesn't even have to be child **** or something. It could be a "I hate Disney Corp" screed on disney.tourism.
Also, allowing a trademark to go undefended tends to weaken it in the courts. Which is part of why a company like Disney is so fanatical (perhaps overly so) about protecting their trademarks.
Edited, Jan 12th 2012 7:18pm by Jophiel
It doesn't even have to be child **** or something. It could be a "I hate Disney Corp" screed on disney.tourism.
Also, allowing a trademark to go undefended tends to weaken it in the courts. Which is part of why a company like Disney is so fanatical (perhaps overly so) about protecting their trademarks.
Edited, Jan 12th 2012 7:18pm by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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