ANA has filed supplemental comments with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in opposition to their proposal to greatly expand the availability of generic top level domain names. We filed detailed comments with ICANN last December outlining several specific concerns with this proposal. In addition to comments from ANA and others in the business community, ICANN received comments from the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), questioning whether a sufficient cost/benefit analysis had been performed.
While ICANN has made some changes in their proposal, we continue to believe that it is premature and highly likely to be counterproductive. The contemplated expansion of the top level domain space will greatly increase the costs of brand management and create new opportunities for others to infringe, phish and engage in other deceptive practices. We will continue to work with others in the business community and the US government to oppose the ICANN proposal and push for a real cost/benefit analysis.
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