Hello All, Please find below some links about NewgTLD applications for your information. Best regards, Fatimata There have been several articles the concerns regarding closed gTLD or single registrant gTLDs similiar to concerns received by the gTLD RG : https://community.icann.org/display/newgtldrg/.book+_OG https://community.icann.org/display/newgtldrg/multiple-strings-by-IT-for-cha... Milton Mueller : "Generic Top-Level domains: who should own .BOOK?" http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/09/19/generic-top-level-domains-who-s... Domainincite article : "Industry objection forming to Google and Amazon’s keyword gTLD land grab" "Members of the domain name industry, led by Michele Neylon of Blacknight, plan to complain to ICANN about dozens of single-registrant new gTLD applications filed by Google and Amazon." http://domainincite.com/10525-industry-objection-forming-to-google-and-amazo... Read the letter: https://docs.google.com/a/ttcsweb.org/document/d/1ZUNlookOWyaSW8lXfi_37zVFsV... Also from DomainIncite : "Consumer Watchdog slams “outrageous” Google and Amazon keyword gTLD bids" "Consumer Watchdog, a California-based consumer rights advocacy group, has attacked Google and Amazon’s new gTLD applications in a letter to an influential senator." http://domainincite.com/10535-consumer-watchdog-slams-outrageous-google-and-... Read the letter: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/ltrrockefeller091912.pdf Dev Anand Teelucksingh _______________________________________________ GTLD-WG mailing list GTLD-WG@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg Working Group direct URL: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/New+GTLDs -- Fatimata Seye Sylla