1. Number of gTLDs
Generally, how many new gTLDs do you think should be created?
[0 __] [1-10 _*_] [10-50 __] [50-150 __] [150 or more __]
C. CHOICE OF gTLDS
1. Review of IAHC-Suggested gTLDs
How would you rate each of the following gTLD names selected by the IAHC?
a) .firm (intended for businesses, or firms), check one of the below:
[strongly approve __] [approve _*_] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .firm in
this category? ______
Special note: A common suggestion is that business term-related gTLDs like
.inc, .corp, .ltd, .plc, .gmbh, .sarl should be selected instead of general
terms like ".firm". However, these terms have legal significance and it is
typically illegal to use them unless the registering entity actually is
"incorporated", a "limited liability company", a "public listed company",
etc. Verifying this would most likely require pre-screening activities by
domain name registrars (as is the case in the UK with plc.uk and ltd.uk)
and probably result in increased registration costs and submission of proof
of related legal status. Also note that since all 2 letter TLDs are
reserved for ISO 3166 country code delegations (e.g., .us, .fr, .au),
equivalent business legal abbreviations commonly used in other languages
(e.g., "sa", "sc", "oy", "ab", and "sl") could not be allocated.
Considering above, would you still prefer to have legal term gTLDs? [yes__]
[no_*_].
If so, which ones (in order of preference)? _____________________
b) .store (for businesses offering goods to purchase), check one of the
below:
[strongly approve __] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove _*_]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .store in
this category? ______
Special note: There have been many suggestions that .store be replaced by
.shop which has significance in
multiple languages and, unlike .store, has related verb and noun meanings.
Do you think .store should be replaced by .shop? [yes_*_] [no__]
c) .web (for entities emphasizing activities related to the World Wide
Web), check one of the below:
[strongly approve _*_] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .web in
this category? ______
d) .arts (for entities emphasizing cultural and entertainment activities),
check one of the below:
[strongly approve _*_] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .arts in
this category? ______
e) .rec (for entities emphasizing recreation/entertainment activities),
check one of the below:
[strongly approve __] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove _*_]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .rec in
this category? ____.ents__
f) .info (for entities providing information services), check one of the
below:
[strongly approve __] [approve _*_] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .info in
this category? ______
g) .nom (for those wishing individual or personal nomenclature, i.e., a
personal nom de plume), check one of the below:
[strongly approve _*_] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you disapprove or strongly disapprove, what gTLD would you suggest in
place of .nom in
this category? ______
Special note 1: Since this gTLD is for individuals and registrations could
number in the millions, if not hundreds of millions, there is naturally
concern about the scaleability of a personal name space gTLD. There have
been suggestions that in order to improve the scaleability of the .nom name
space, a numerical identifier should be added to the .nom gTLD from the
outset (e.g, .nom1, .nom2, .nom3, etc.) Do you agree? [yes__] [no_*_]
Special note 2: There are often suggestions that names like .id, .me, ind,
or .per should be used as a "personal" gTLD. Please note the following
reasons for rejecting these names:
TLDReason for Rejection
.id
•.id is already allocated as the ISO 3166 two-letter country code for
Indonesia •all two-letter top level domain are reserved for future ISO 3166
country-code allocations
.me
•all two-letter top level domain codes are reserved for future ISO 3166
country-code allocations
.ind
•.ind is the three-letter ISO 3166 country code for India, we considered it
prudent to hold this code in reserve
.per
•.per is the three-letter ISO 3166 country code for Peru, we considered it
prudent to hold this code in reserve
2. Creation of gTLD Indicating Adult-Oriented Content
There is often the suggestion made that a dedicated gTLD indicating the
equivalent to a "red-light-zone" would be useful in isolating and filtering
adult-oriented content from minors on the Internet. There are differing
opinions on how effective this would be. The most common suggestion is the
request to create a gTLD .xxx. Do you think that a sort of "red-light-zone"
gTLD should be created?
[strongly approve _*_] [approve __] [no opinion __] [disapprove __]
[strongly disapprove __]
If you strongly approve or approve, do you think this should be the gTLD
.xxx? [yes_*_] [no__].
If you have replied "no", what gTLD would you suggest in place of .xxx in
this category? ______
3. Other Suggestions
Please make any other suggestion concerning the names of the new gTLDs not
covered above.
The .xxx gTLD should not be registered to new people. It should be
assigned to all existing domain names who consider that information on
their sites is adult-orientated. For example, a site with the name
"sex.com" would be changed to "sex.com.xxx", "anarchy.co.uk" would be
changed to "anarchy.co.uk.xxx", "drugs.ie" to "drugs.ie.xxx".
This would sort out any loss of damages incurred by the owners of domain
names with obvious adult orientations; what could one put on the site
"sex.com" if one is censored? Thousands of people would lose a lot of
money...
It would then be very easy to prevent minors from seeing adult material -
just prevent .xxx access.
Every domain name holder should have the option of adding a ".xxx" suffix
to the original name. One should also be allowed to have their original
domain name co-exist with non-adult material only on the original name.
Secondly, the ".nom" suffix should be pre-fixed with country-coded letters
to determine what country the person is from. Perhaps the ISO 3166 country
codes should be used.
P.S. I would appreciate a reply.
Best Regards
Paul Weekes
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