RE: [ga] Top-level name suggestion

["Kroon, Richard" <Richard_Kroon@MPAA.org>]

Funny you should ask. I am with the Motion Picture Association. I am
presently developing a formal proposal for exactly what you suggested -- the
creation of additional top level domains to accommodate the needs of the
entertainment industry. There are actually a number of elements about movies
(and other forms of entertainment media) that do not lend themselves well to
the standard DNS naming and administration conventions. I've not had a
chance to review the "Interim Report from the WG-C, new gTLDs" to see how
this might impact my proposal. I will certainly be at the ICANN meeting in
Los Angeles next week and I'd be more than happy to discuss this with you
then. --Richard

Richard W. Kroon
Manager, Applications Development
Motion Picture Association
  and
Motion Picture Association of America
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
richard_kroon@mpaa.org


-----Original Message-----
From: nigel@ind.tansu.com.au [mailto:nigel@ind.tansu.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 9:05 PM
To: ga@dnso.org
Subject: [ga] Top-level name suggestion



	Hi. I don't know if this list is the right place to discuss
this, but I couldn't think of any other way of talking to the people
who make these decisions.


	Would it be possible to start _enforcing_ a new domain nameing
scheme for movies (motion pictures & videos) ?
Something like '.mov' or '.movie'.


	I am very annoyed that, every time a new hollywood blockbuster
is named, a new top-level .com domain name is generated with teasers
about the movie. Why?

* A movie _not_ a company.
  Movies are often produced by a company, and sometimes distributed by
  another company. But 'www.whatisthematrix.com' is an abomination.
  There is no business entity called "What is the Matrix".
  To my way of thinking, the registration should not be allowed.

* Most people expect to buy products from a company.
  Some movie names might sell products (e.g. If I wanted to buy some
  Star Wars stuff, I might look up www.starwars.com), but most do not.
 
* Sometimes, a movie name will clash with a company name.



	The same sort of idea could be applied to product names and
celebrities' names (cindy.crawford.celebrity?), but I suspect that
this would be seen as being too pedantic.

	Anyone else think that movie names should _not_ be .com ?

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