John and all, Your conclusion is likely correct. So I guess this puts RIAA and MPAA members at the top of the list of best candidates, eh? How lovely! = < sarcasm intended > John Levine wrote:
ICANN has very well identified the issue. What they say is "if your string is potentially controversial to some community in the world, don't waste your time and money applying".
I see that's a possible interpretation, but given that ICANN is located in the litigious United States, I wouldn't expect that to be what actually happens. On the one hand, the objection process is so broad as to allow any crackpot to object*, and on the other hand, given ICANN's history of giving in to legal threats, it will in practice limit new domains to the people with the largest and most aggressive legal staff.
R's, John
* - .BERLIN is hate speech because that's where the NAZIs had the 1936 Olympics
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