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[Nova King <novaking AT eztv.se>]

.music will be going live with icann gltd. Has been verified numerous times...

Alex Hanselka <alex AT hanselka.name> wrote:

I understand. The music business is brutal. They see .music as a way to
limit piracy and educate on the evils of piracy.

In any case, I brought the idea up simply because it IS something to be
considered. Not necessarily a dealbreaker but definitely something we
should think about :)

Basically, I am wary of trying to get TLDs that are clearly already
trying for ICANN space. :)

On 3/8/2012 5:17 PM, Peter Green wrote:
> I hate to be the party pooper but if any TLD is likely to cause
> consternation
> with a body that has the cash (and bloody mindedness) to buy a TLD it
> it's the music business.
>
> I have no idea whether they are likely to want it, but is this point
> not a consideration?
>
> Peter
>
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:12:22 -0600, Alex Hanselka wrote:
 >
>> Well, we don't need to panic or anything. We have been running for quite
>> some time and only had one collider (.biz) a long time ago. Also, to
>> get an ICANN TLD it will cost tens of thousands of dollars and probably
>> some sort of screening and meetings and whatnot. ICANN has made a very
>> cost prohibitive TLD system and thus it is fairly unlikely just anyone
>> will come along and collide our TLDs.
>>
>> EDIT: Apparently I sent this only to Peter a moment ago... Clearly the
>> list needs some tweaking :)
>>
>> On 3/8/2012 5:02 PM, Peter Green wrote:
>>
>>> So that answers my earlier question. This seems quite discouraging, if,
>>> in theory all of the OpenNIC TLDs could in actuality be taken away at
>>> the whim of someone who runs a more acknowledged D.N.S. system! Peter
>>&gt
 ; On
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:56:57 -0600, Alex Hanselka wrote:
>>>
>>>> The main problem I have with this, is that depending on how things
>>>> play out, ICANN (for now at least) will ALWAYS trump us because we
>>>> have no way to claim a TLD. Since it is a policy not to create
>>>> collider TLDs, we would likely have to remove all our .music domains
>>>> eventually. This will only get worse if we don't think of some way to
>>>> protect our TLDs. Anyway, just a thought. Not saying we SHOULDNT do
>>>> it... just considering that if the .music people are serious, we will
>>>> likely lose the TLD in time. On 3/8/2012 2:21 PM, Hospedaje Web y
>>>> Servidores Dedicados wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i would like to propose the tld .music there is a initiative trying
>>>>> to make .m
 usic to
work with verisign, http://music.us/why [1] not
>>>>> make it to work with us first?? Ing. Alejandro M. Hospedaje Web y
>>>>> Servidores Dedicados http://www.dedicados.com.mx [2] [1] ------
>>>>> correo / msn: ventas AT dedicados.com.mx [3] [2] skype: dedicados
>>>>> ------
>>> Links: ------ [1] http://www.dedicados.com.mx [4] [2]
>>> mailto:ventas AT dedicados.com.mx [5]
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://music.us/why
> [2] http://www.dedicados.com.mx
> [3] mailto:ventas AT dedicados.com.mx
> [4] http://www.dedicados.com.mx
> [5] mailto:ventas AT dedicados.com.mx