Question: Will anyone be able to register a TLD and do what they want with it, or will they be required to _democratically_ delegate to 2nd level domains or what else? And who will sentence a TLD to be revoked?

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Winfried Schueller - posted on 2000-09-26 09:15:02 The application for new TLDs is possible right now! After the application period it is up to ICANN to decide, which application has a strong standing within the community and should be established. The applications will be posted on the ICANN website for public comment. Everybody is welcome to comment and I am sure the comments will be taken into consideration by ICANN. Jeanette Hofmann - posted on 2000-09-22 17:43:30 As things stands, only 5 to 10 new TLDs will be accepted this year. It is very unlikely that a TLD, which refers to one company only will be among them ;-) Btw, the registration of domain names is considered to be a business. The registrars expect to make money out of it. Otherwise they wouldn't be willing to pay a $ 50.000 non-refundable fee for the application. The registration of specific domain names will be subject to the TLD's naming policy. Alf Hansen - posted on 2000-09-21 02:13:36 The criteria for new gTLDs have yet to be determined. My opinion is that a text string known as company's name is not a good TLD name because it violates the free competition requirement. RFC 1591 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt?number=1591) should be the basis for delegation. Revocation procedures should be determined based on consensus. Up till now I think revocation has never been an issue, but you are right, this aspect has to be discussed.