On Jun 18, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message <201106180718.p5i7irbe020...@mail.r-bonomi.com>, Robert Bonomi > write > s: >> >>> Subject: Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs >>> From: Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> >>> >>> MacDonald's would likely get title to .macdonalds under the new rules, >>> right? >>> >>> Well... Which MacDonald's? >>> >>> 1. The fast food chain >>> 2. O.C. MacDonald's Plumbing Supply >>> 3. MacDonald and Sons Paving Systems >>> 4. MacDonald and Madison Supply Company >>> 5. etc. >> >> Easy to resolve (excuse the pun) _that_ one. >> >> The _senior_ claimant to that domain would be Clan MacDonald, of Scotland. >> >> Who gets 'apple'? Apple (the computer company), Apple (the record company)? >> How about the 'fruit of the month' club? >> >> Now, if you want a _hard_ problem, who gets to register 'YellowPages' ? >> <*EVIL* grin> > > YellowPages would work. It's used under licence. > > au.YellowPages > uk.YellowPages > > As for single label hostnames, RFC 897 got rid of single label > hostnames and they should not come back. They are a security issue, > see RFC 1535. > > This has been pointed out in the past. > > Mark > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
All true. However, since TLDs will now be run by anyone with $185k/year to get what they want... Owen
